Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many maintenance requests in total have been outstanding throughout the prison estate on 1 January in each year since 2010.

The attched table sets out the number of outstanding reactive and planned maintenance tasks, as recorded in the HMPPS facilities management database, at each prison in England and Wales as well as the total number on 1 January in each year from 2010 until 2017. For 2018 I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to the Rt Hon Member for Delyn in response to his Question 157660.

This information is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. In particular, these figures are likely to over-estimate the number of open maintenance tasks as a result of delays in closing tasks down on the system after work is complete or an action is superseded by a subsequent task.

We are working with all our providers to strengthen delivery performance, including ensuring that tasks are signed off speedily once completed.