Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2018 to Question 133149, how much funding his Department allocated on the preparation for piloting digital capabilities in each of the other sites listed in that question.

We are piloting in-cell telephony and basic computers in two prisons – HMP Wayland and HMP Berwyn. No funding has been allocated on the preparation for piloting in-cell digital capabilities in each of the other sites listed in the answer to question 133149.

To deliver the enhanced technical capabilities including in-cell telephony and wing-based computers that allow prisoners to manage their own day to day tasks, the funding allocated is as follows:

For sites with in-cell telephony and wing-based computers: HMP Durham, HMP Wandsworth, HMP Holme House, HMP High Down, HMP Kirklevington Grange and YOI Cookham Wood:

• In-cell telephony £10.5m
• Wing based computers (kiosks) £0.9m

For sites with in-cell telephony only: HMP Nottingham, HMP Eastwood Park, HMP Moorland, HMP Chelmsford, HMP Liverpool, HMP Guys Marsh and HMP Exeter.

• In-cell telephony £6.0m

The following additional sites will receive in-cell telephony only, once cabling is completed – HMP Leeds, HMP Bristol, HMP Swaleside, HMP Aylesbury and HMP Manchester.

• In-cell telephony £3.2m