Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to reduce violence and self-harm among prisoners.

I take our duty to keep both prisoners in our care and our hard-working staff safe extremely seriously.

I chair a weekly safer custody meeting with officials to drive forward improvements. I review details of every self-inflicted death to see how we might prevent others.

We are improving support for prisoners in their early days in custody and working to improve case management processes for those at risk.

We are also bringing in more staff dedicated to safer custody work to ensure prisons are following all the processes they need to.