Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason prisons are limiting inmates to leaving their cells for one hour per day.

Our ongoing strategy for managing Covid-19 in prisons continues to be guided by our National Framework which sets out restrictions to the prison regime that are necessary to maintain Covid-safe measures. Whilst time out of cell has at times been reduced due to these restrictions, prisons are not limiting prisoners to leaving their cells for one hour per day.