Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions (a) police officers and (b) other additional support has had to be brought in to prisons in each of the last five years.
This information is not held by the MoJ. Police Officers can perform a variety of roles in assisting Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) establishments ranging from Scenes of Crime preservation to Perimeter Security.