Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to lift the covid-19 lockdown measures in place across the prison estate.

Our roadmap for easing restrictions in prisons has been guided by public health advice alongside an operational assessment of what can be achieved in custodial settings while keeping staff and those in our care safe.

Over the coming weeks and months we will look to bring back aspects of the prison regime, such as visits and work, in some cases adapted for safety, delivering our responsibilities and learning from the best available evidence.

Our National Framework, which sets out in detail how we will take decisions about easing coronavirus-related restrictions in prisons, has been published on gov.uk.