Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many West Midlands police officers were deployed under authority of the incident Gold Commander (a) inside and (b) outside the perimeter of HM Prison Birmingham during the disturbance of 16 December 2016.
This information is not held centrally.
I would like to give thanks to West Midlands Police, who supported the Prison Service throughout the day, and to the ambulance crews and the fire service who also provided assistance.