Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2018 to Question 123578 on Birmingham Prison: civil disorder, what steps his Department has taken as a result of the findings of that report.

Recommendations made in the report for both Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and G4S were accepted, and action plans have been developed to address these.

HMPPS continue to monitor these action plans and the delivery and conditions of the contract at Birmingham through the application of robust processes in place to manage privately managed prison contracts. We will not hesitate to take action if and when standards fall short.