Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how HM Prison and Probation Service is incorporating resilience action plan mandates into custodial estate management.

His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) will maintain established business continuity arrangements across the custodial estate to support continued delivery of critical services during disruptive incidents. These arrangements are supported by local business continuity plans, exercising and assurance activity, with learning used to strengthen organisational resilience and preparedness for a range of risks.

HMPPS is also strengthening resilience through improved continuity and recovery arrangements, action to address technology risks, and testing to better align operational, cyber, and technical response arrangements. The aim is to embed resilience requirements within estate and technology planning, ensuring that resilience and recovery considerations are incorporated into investment and planning decisions.