Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what official inspections of the standard of accommodation across the prison estate were conducted between 2005 and 2015.

Under s.14(2) of the Prisons Act 1952, no cell shall be used for the confinement of a prisoner unless it is certified by an inspector that its size, lighting, heating, ventilation and fittings are adequate for health and that it allows the prisoner to communicate at any time with a prison officer. Full records of cell certificates issued under this provision for the time period in question are not held centrally.