Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HMPPS 2025 to 2026 Annual Report, for what reason three special payments were made to prisoners.

The third-party payments were made to the victims of crime or their families, where an offence had been committed by an offender who was subject to probation supervision while on licence.

The three payments to prisoners were made in relation to civil litigation claims in relation to incidents that occurred during their time in custody.