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Select Committee
Correspondence from Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, dated 17 March 2025 relating to the Treatment of pregnant women in the criminal justice system

Correspondence Mar. 18 2025

Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)

Found: restraint of pregnant women I was also deeply concerned to hear of these allegations at HMP/YOI Bronzefield

Select Committee
Letter dated 12 February 2025 Charlie Taylor, Chief Inspector of Prisons to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding the Thematic Report: Time to care: What helps women cope in prison?

Correspondence Mar. 03 2025

Committee: Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: Commons London SW1A 0AA Dear Lord Foster, Thematic Report: Time to care: What helps women cope in prison

Select Committee
Correspondence from Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, dated 12 February 2025 - Time to Care: What helps women cope in prison? (Key findings of HMIP thematic review into women's establishments)

Correspondence Feb. 25 2025

Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)

Found: Slaughter, Thematic Report: Time to care: What helps women cope in prison?

Select Committee
Correspondence to Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, dated 26 February 2025 relating to the Treatment of Pregnant Women in the Criminal Justice System

Correspondence Mar. 04 2025

Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)

Found: Our main concerns relate to pregnant women being held in prison on remand and prisoners being forced

Select Committee
Women in Prison (45922)
 PRI0040 - Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing

Written Evidence Mar. 05 2025

Inquiry: Prison culture: governance, leadership and staffing
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: Women in Prison (WIP) — written evidence (PRI0040) About Women in Prison 1.1.

Select Committee
Independent monitoring boards
 TDP0018 - Tackling drugs in prisons

Written Evidence Feb. 13 2025

Inquiry: Tackling drugs in prisons: supply, demand and treatment
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)

Found: Monitoring Boards (TDP0018) About Independent Monitoring Boards Appointed by ministers under the Prison

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Ministry of Justice

Apr. 03 2025

Source Page: Prison performance data 2023 to 2024
Document: (ODS)

Found: Cover Costs per place and costs per prisoner 2023-24 Supplementary information HM Prison & Probation

Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
HM Prison and Probation Service

Apr. 03 2025

Source Page: Prison performance data 2023 to 2024
Document: (ODS)

Found: Cover Costs per place and costs per prisoner 2023-24 Supplementary information HM Prison & Probation

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 22 Apr 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) Suspects can also be remanded in prison. - Speech Link
2: Jessica Morden (Lab - Newport East) What steps her Department is taking to reform the prison system. - Speech Link
3: Richard Holden (Con - Basildon and Billericay) officers and other inmates across the prison estate. - Speech Link
4: Nicholas Dakin (Lab - Scunthorpe) Friend the Lord Chancellor is meeting the Prison Officers Association tomorrow. - Speech Link
5: Josh Babarinde (LD - Eastbourne) Key agents of reform in our prisons are prison officers. - Speech Link

Written Question
Prisons: Contracts
Monday 27th January 2025

Asked by: Lord Bradley (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government who was the contracted provider of each prison that has either transferred back to the public sector control having been privately contracted, or closed having been privately contracted, since 2000; what were the contractual start dates; and what were the contractual expiry dates.

Answered by Lord Timpson - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The key contractual dates for the current privately-operated prisons are set out in the table below.

Prison

Operator

Current contract dates

Previous operator

Previous contract dates

Altcourse

Sodexo

01/06/2023 to 32/05/2033

G4S

01/12/1997 to 31/05/2023

Ashfield

Serco

01/11/2024 to 31/10/2034

Serco

01/11/1999 to 31/10/2024

Bronzefield

Sodexo

17/06/2004 to 16/06/2029

N/A

N/A

Doncaster

Serco

01/10/2011 to 30/9/2026

Serco

Not known – this was a Home Office contract

Dovegate

Serco

09/07/2001 to 08/07/2026

N/A

N/A

Five Wells

G4S

04/02/2022 to 03/02/2032

N/A

N/A

Fosse Way

Serco

29/05/2023 to 28/05/2033

N/A

N/A

Forest Bank

Sodexo

20/01/2000 to 19/01/2025

N/A

N/A

Northumberland

Sodexo

01/12/2013 to 30/11/2028

HMPPS

N/A

Oakwood

G4S

24/04/2012 to 23/04/2027

N/A

N/A

Parc

G4S

15/12/1997 to 14/12/2022

G4S

15/12/2022 to 14/12/2032

Peterborough (female)

Sodexo

28/03/2005 to 27/03/2030

N/A

N/A

Peterborough (male)

Sodexo

28/03/2005 to 27/03/2030

N/A

N/A

Rye Hill

G4S

21/10/2001 to 20/10/2026

N/A

N/A

Thameside

Serco

01/06/2012 to 31/12/2036

N/A

N/A

*Inherited from the Home Office

The key contractual dates for prisons that were previously privately-operated are set out in the table below.

Prison

Operator

Contract dates

Date transitioned back to PSP

Reason for return to PSP/closure

Birmingham

G4S

01/10/2011 to 30/09/2026

30/06/2019

Step in by public sector.

Lowdham Grange

Sodexo Serco

16/02/2023 to 15/02/2033 16/02/1998 to 16/02/2023

01/08/2024

Step in by public sector.

Wolds

G4S

July 1991 to July 2013

July 2013

Outcome of competition

Buckley Hall

Group 4

1994 to 2001

2001

Outcome of Competition