Cookham Wood Young Offender Institution

(asked on 19th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Cookham Wood, 4–20 April 2023, published on 18 July 2023 what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of that Report's findings that (a) staff did not have confidence in their leadership team and (b) their morale was very low.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 9th January 2024

HM Prison & Probation Service conducts an extensive programme of audits and surveys to provide senior leaders with an overview of prison delivery in key areas: this, in turn, informs policy review and development across the secure estate. Findings from external scrutiny processes – in particular, inspections by HM Inspectorate of Prisons – similarly inform policy development.

All actions being taken in relation to HM Inspectorate’s recommendations following the inspection of HMYOI Cookham Wood can be found in the action plan at the following link:

Urgent Notification for HMYOI Cookham Wood - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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