Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2018 to Question 159035 on Exeter Prison, what the total value is of the additional funding drawn from that range of business as usual budgets which have been allocated to HMP Exeter in order for it to meet his Department's response to the Urgent Notification.

HMP Exeter is in the process of costing plans to enact the points raised in the Urgent Notification to deliver long term change. Additional resource, including a team of specialists – former prison Governors and Senior Civil Servants from around the country – are working with the prison to transform its safety strategy and address the drivers of violence and self-harm.

Separately, the Secretary of State has made it clear that putting in place decent, safe and secure prisons for staff and offenders is one of our main priorities and, as such, has allocated additional capital budget to Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service for prioritisation. In line with the published action plan, HMP Exeter has been allocated £150,000 to improve cells and £160,000 to improve their shower areas from this funding in 2018-19. In addition, the care and separation unit has also recently been refurbished at a cost of £45,075.