Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of pest control at HMP Wandsworth in the last 12 months.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
HMP Wandsworth pays £16,238 per annum for a contracted weekly pest control service. The cost of additional pest control work during the last 12 months totals £99,900.92. This work is being carried out as part of our wider efforts to improve living conditions at the prison, which also includes additional specialist staff, to ensure immediate action is being taken.
Correspondence May. 14 2024
Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)Found: Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, dated 9 May 2024 relating to the Urgent notification at HMP
Correspondence May. 14 2024
Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)Found: Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation, dated 9 May 2024 relating to the Urgent notification for HMP
Written Evidence Feb. 11 2025
Inquiry: Rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffendingFound: Belmarsh, HMP Bedford, HMP Dovegate, HMP Durham, HMP Garth, HMP Hull, HMP Lewes, HMP Nottingham, HMP
Written Evidence Feb. 11 2025
Inquiry: Rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffendingFound: Our unique programme at HMPs Wandsworth, Pentonville and Wormwood Scrubs begins in prison with coaching
Asked by: Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her planned timetable is to publish her Department's response to the Chief Inspector of Prison's Urgent Notification letter of 8 May 2024 on HMP Wandsworth.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons’ findings at HMP Wandsworth are deeply concerning. My right Hon. Friend, the Lord Chancellor, is determined to drive improvement at the prison and will publish her response to the Urgent Notification as soon as possible.
Mentions:
1: Greg Smith (Con - Mid Buckinghamshire) MOJ owns the greens, the lampposts and the public lighting on the Springhill Road estate adjacent to HMP - Speech Link
2: Nicholas Dakin (Lab - Scunthorpe) HMP Millsike, the UK’s first all-electric prison, will open in just a few weeks and deliver 1,500 places - Speech Link
3: Nicholas Dakin (Lab - Scunthorpe) place has personally visited three of the prisons that have recently received urgent notifications—Wandsworth - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) my right honourable friend Minister Argar to an Urgent Question in another place on the situation at HMP - Speech Link
2: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) Drug abuse and drug deaths form a common theme, from HMP Parc to HMP Wandsworth and across the prison - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) inform the House that the independent investigation into the alleged escape of Daniel Khalife from HMP - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) I was in HMP Wandsworth yesterday seeing the work being done there. - Speech Link
2: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) As a result of the record amount of investment in prisons, we brought on HMP Fosse Way, and we have HMP - Speech Link
3: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) Take HMP Liverpool, which I went to. - Speech Link
4: Mohammad Yasin (Lab - Bedford) The urgent notification issued last week to Wandsworth Prison raised the same issues found at HMP Bedford - Speech Link