Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days prisoners were locked in cells for 22 hours or more in each prison in each month of (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, and (d) 2019.

The information requested is not held.

Prison officer numbers are at their highest since March 2012, which is vital to ensuring prisons are safe, secure and decent. We have recruited over 4,700 new prison officers across the country since October 2016 to improve safety and help turn offenders’ lives around. The recruitment drive will continue until we reach required levels across the prison estate, ensuring prisons can fulfil their purpose - protecting the public, reducing reoffending and crucially, rehabilitating offenders.

As part of the Offender Management in Custody model (OMiC), Key Worker roles are being introduced to support the rehabilitative culture and relationship between Prison Officers and prisoners.