Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2018 to Question 128402, when the review of the Incentives and Earned Privileges scheme will conclude; and what steps are being taken to ensure that that scheme is not used as a determining factor for access to family days for any prisoner regardless of their gender.

As the Secretary of State said in his speech at the Royal Society of Arts we want to reset and reinvigorate the system of incentives in our prisons so they work much more in the favour of those prisoners who play by the rules and who want to turn their lives around, whilst coming down harder on those who show no intention of doing so.

The new Incentives and Earned Privilege (IEP) Policy Framework will exclude the use of IEP as a determining factor for access to family days for any prisoner, regardless of their gender. We expect to consult stakeholders on a draft IEP Policy Framework shortly, and to conclude the review of IEP after this consultation.