Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to review the contract held by G4S to operate Oakhill Secure Training Centre, following the report published by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission on 21 November, which concluded that the overall functioning of Oakhill Secure Training Centre was inadequate.

The Ofsted inspection report on Oakhill Secure Training Centre is completely unacceptable and we have taken urgent action to address the concerns raised by Ofsted. A new interim Director, with extensive experience, has been appointed at Oakhill and an experienced HMPPS Governor has been brought in to provide extra scrutiny.

We are robustly monitoring performance against the contract and are clear that we will take further steps, if needed, to improve delivery.

More widely across the estate, we are investing £64 million to reform youth custody and increase staffing, to improve safety and reduce violence.