Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any improvement notices have been issued by his Department to Oakhill Secure Training Centre; and if he will make a statement.

We have been clear that performance at Oakhill needs to improve and we are robustly monitoring performance against the contract and are clear that all options remain on the table.

The Contract for Oakhill STC is between the Secretary of State for Justice and STC Milton Keynes Ltd (the Contractor), of which G4S is their Operating Sub-Contractor. We therefore do not have information on the proportion of contractual obligations that G4S has met.

The Contract does not include Improvement Notices as a contractual remedy. Other mechanisms are in place to manage the contractual performance.

The contract requires the Secretary of State for Justice’s approval to a change in Operating Sub-Contractor. To date this approval process has not been triggered.

There is no intention to publish any of the YCS Monitoring Team’s findings.