Prisons: Surveys

(asked on 6th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison estate surveys were completed in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 11th December 2023

Fieldwork for the surveys was completed at 43 prison sites (38% of the total) in 2022, with quality-assured reports delivered for 17 sites (15%). Fieldwork at a further 71 sites (62%) has been carried out during 2023, with 79 (69%) final reports delivered so far. The 18 (16%) outstanding final reports are due by the end of December.

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