Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Justice of 2 July 2018, Official Report, column 100, in how many prisons the system of weekly 45 minute individual meetings between prisoners and prison officers has started.

The Offender Management in Custody (OMiC) operating model is currently being rolled out across the prison estate. Roll-out of key workers, who will conduct these sessions, has commenced in 42 prisons to date with 6 prisons having fully rolled out. We are closely monitoring staff recruitment, key worker training, development of implementation plans and delivery of key worker sessions at each site via monthly data returns, and key workers are required to make an entry on NOMIS following each key worker session, that are monitored for data quantity and quality.