Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, between 1997 and 2010, what investment did his department make in improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Shrewsbury.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, between 1997 and 2010, what investment did his Department make in improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Kingston.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, between 1997 and 2010, what investment did his department make in improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Holloway.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, between 1997 and 2010, what investment did his Department make in improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Shepton Mallet.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what investment did his department make in improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Glen Parva between 1997 and 2010.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what investment did his department make in improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Dorchester between 1997 and 2010.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what investment did thedepartment make in improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Dover between 1997 and 2010.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what investment did his department make in improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Haslar between 1997 and 2010.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department allocated to improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Hewell Grange between 1997 and 2010.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what investment his Department made in improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Northallerton between 1997 and 2010.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what investment did his department provide to the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Blantyre House between 1997 and 2010.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department allocated to improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Reading between 1997 and 2010.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department provided to improve the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Canterbury. between 1997 and 2010.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what investment his Department made in improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Gloucester between 1997 and 2010.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the investment it provided to improve the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Ashwell between 1997-2010.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what written representations have Ministers received from the Mayor of Greater Manchester since July 2024.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

It is not routine to disclose correspondence between Ministers or Permanent Secretaries and any individual or organisation.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in his Department's London headquarters.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

It has been the practice of successive governments not to comment, on grounds of both national security and staff safety, on the physical capacity or staffing numbers for individual buildings of the government estate.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the investment it provided to improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Lancaster Castle between 1997-2010.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the investment it provided to improve the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Brockhill between 1997 and 2010.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the investment it provided to improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Latchmere between 1997-2010.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, between 1997 and 2010, what investment did the department make in improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Wellingborough.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, between 1997 and 2010, what investment did his department make in improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Bullwood Hall.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department provided for improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Camp Hill between 1997 and 2010.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, between 1997 and 2010, what investment did his department make in improving the physical condition of the prison estate at HMP Blundeston.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold total figures for investment in improving the physical condition of prisons between 1997 and 2010.

During that period, expenditure on the prison estate took a number of forms, including centrally managed maintenance and development programmes, locally-funded maintenance activity, and capital investment. These categories of expenditure were recorded using multiple systems, and the methods of recording changed over time.

As a result, the Department is unable to provide a consistent and reliable figure for investment in the physical condition of individual prison establishments during the specified period.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, at the former HMP Camp Hill site (a) what is the current physical condition of the buildings, and (b) whether any assessment been made of their suitability for recommissioning.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The former HMP Camp Hill is currently in a state of disrepair following its decommissioning in 2013.

An assessment into the feasibility of reopening Camp Hill was completed in 2021 which confirmed that there are listed buildings on site, and that the buildings have suffered structural and external decay. Based on this assessment and other physical, environmental and operational factors, there are currently no plans to recommission the former HMP Camp Hill. The Government remains committed to working in partnership with the local Council and other stakeholders as work progresses on determining the long-term future of the site. A final decision has not been made at this time.

In its current condition, the security costs for the site are approximately £300,000 per annum, though these can fluctuate in response to changeable security requirements. The cost for utilities is approximately £25,000 per annum.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what it has cost to secure and maintain the HMP Camp Hill site annually since its closure in 2013.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The former HMP Camp Hill is currently in a state of disrepair following its decommissioning in 2013.

An assessment into the feasibility of reopening Camp Hill was completed in 2021 which confirmed that there are listed buildings on site, and that the buildings have suffered structural and external decay. Based on this assessment and other physical, environmental and operational factors, there are currently no plans to recommission the former HMP Camp Hill. The Government remains committed to working in partnership with the local Council and other stakeholders as work progresses on determining the long-term future of the site. A final decision has not been made at this time.

In its current condition, the security costs for the site are approximately £300,000 per annum, though these can fluctuate in response to changeable security requirements. The cost for utilities is approximately £25,000 per annum.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on (a) how many individuals are awaiting installation of an electronic monitoring device in each police force area, (b) the average waiting time, and (c) the number of outstanding installation visits.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

While the Ministry of Justice centrally holds and publishes data about individuals without electronic monitoring equipment and the reasons for this, the reasons do not distinguish between those who are awaiting installation from those who are not (due to being without equipment for other reasons such as recently returning to custody).

The Ministry of Justice works closely with the service provider to monitor a suite of performance indicators including timeliness of equipment installation attempts. A number of contractual levers exist where performance falls below contractual expectations.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on how many individuals in each police force area are subject to electronic monitoring, broken down by licence, community order, suspended sentence order and bail requirement.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Data on the total number of individuals assigned with electronic monitoring (EM) equipment by cohort as at 30 June 2026 can be found in the department’s latest published statistics on EM : Electronic Monitoring Statistics Publication, June 2026 - GOV.UK.

A further breakdown of this data by police force area has been provided in Table 1 below. This is derived from the same underlying data and constitutes a subset of the published statistics as at 30 June 2026 (linked above).

Table 1: Number of individuals assigned with EM equipment by region and cohort, 30 June 2026

Table notes:

1. All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Where a figure is 0, or is rounded to 0, this will be shown as "-". The total caseload is a total of the rounded cohort figures shown.

2. These figures are drawn from administrative data systems provided by contractors. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in individual-level administrative data.

3. The "Unknown" region reflects the small proportion of individuals in the caseload who do not have recorded location data.

4. Figures exclude special orders.

5. The "Total" column reflects total counts across the cohorts. Due to rounding, the total counts for each cohort across the regions may differ slightly from the total counts nationally for that cohort.

6. Further information on counting rules and methodology can be found in the linked statistical publication.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people (a) sentenced to, and (b) still serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection have previously been living in local authority care.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

On 1 September, the Lord Chancellor announced that the Government will bring an end to the IPP sentence for those who continue to serve it and will bring forward legislation to do this by the end of this Parliament.

The Government also remains determined to support the rehabilitation of IPP prisoners, through the IPP Action Plan, which we published on 9 July 2026.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on (a) how many electronic monitoring breaches were recorded in each police force area during the latest 12-month period, and (b) of the breaches recorded, how many resulted in (i) enforcement action, (ii) recall to custody, (iii) arrest, (iv) prosecution and (v) no further action.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on individual police forces. However, the Department works closely with the National Police Chiefs Council through a dedicated liaison embedded in HMPPS on a range of common challenges, including Electronic Monitoring of bail cases.

The Ministry of Justice does not hold data centrally on electronic monitoring breaches or outcomes of these breaches.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Ministry of Justice has made an estimate of the volume of police activity arising from electronic monitoring and bail-tag breaches; and whether this information is available at police force area level.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on individual police forces. However, the Department works closely with the National Police Chiefs Council through a dedicated liaison embedded in HMPPS on a range of common challenges, including Electronic Monitoring of bail cases.

The Ministry of Justice does not hold data centrally on electronic monitoring breaches or outcomes of these breaches.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the total cost of facility time to the department in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how many were 100% facility time; and whether funding was provided for trade union activities in each of those years.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice has published information on trade union facility time as part of its previous Annual Report and Accounts, including the number and full-time equivalent of trade union representatives, facility time costs, and the proportion of paid facility time spent on trade union activities. This information is publicly available through the Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts, published on GOV.UK.

For the purposes of this response, funding for trade union activities has been interpreted as paid facility time for trade union activities.

In 2023-24, the Ministry of Justice reported 622 trade union representatives, no representatives were reported as spending 100% of their working hours on facility time, and facility time costs of £3,063,170.47. The published return recorded 0% paid trade union activities.

In 2024-25, the Ministry of Justice reported 647 trade union representatives, no representatives were reported as spending 100% of their working hours on facility time, and facility time costs of £3,286,702.78. The published return recorded 0% paid trade union activities.

Information for 2025-26 is not currently available. Following changes introduced through the Employment Rights Act, departments were no longer required to publish trade union facility time data through the previous statutory reporting arrangements. While some MoJ business areas continued to record facility time information during 2025-26, equivalent Department-wide information has not been collated and quality assured and is therefore not currently available.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison cells are unfit for habitation as a result of unfit fire security doors and suitable electrics.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

As of 4 September 2026, there are no prison cells deemed unfit for habitation as a result of unfit fire security doors. In relation to electrical infrastructure, 80 places are currently out of use across the prison estate.

His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service is committed to delivering sustained improvements across the prison estate to maintain safe, secure, and decent environments that support rehabilitation.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Department has for the former HMP Camp Hill site, including (a) recommissioning, (b) disposal and (c) redevelopment, and on what timescale.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The former HMP Camp Hill is currently in a state of disrepair following its decommissioning in 2013.

An assessment into the feasibility of reopening Camp Hill was completed in 2021 which confirmed that there are listed buildings on site, and that the buildings have suffered structural and external decay. Based on this assessment and other physical, environmental and operational factors, there are currently no plans to recommission the former HMP Camp Hill. The Government remains committed to working in partnership with the local Council and other stakeholders as work progresses on determining the long-term future of the site. A final decision has not been made at this time.

In its current condition, the security costs for the site are approximately £300,000 per annum, though these can fluctuate in response to changeable security requirements. The cost for utilities is approximately £25,000 per annum.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of assaults on prison officers on sickness absence and staff retention.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

HMPPS regularly reviews sickness absence, assaults and workforce data to understand the impact on prison officers and other frontline staff. Assaults can have a serious effect on individuals, including physical injury, psychological harm and time away from work, and can also affect operational resilience where absences occur in frontline prison grades. However, current analysis indicates that assault-related absence remains a relatively small proportion of overall sickness absence. The impact is most visible in Band 3-5 operational prison grades, reflecting their greater exposure to physical interventions and workplace incidents. HMPPS considers this alongside wider evidence that operational prison staff experience higher levels of sickness absence linked to the demands of custodial environments, exposure to trauma and the physical nature of the role. Trends in assaults, absence and workforce metrics are monitored through established performance and attendance management arrangements, enabling targeted interventions where risks are greatest. Staff who experience assaults are supported through post-incident care, welfare support and the Staff Assault Guidance, helping to minimise the impact on individuals, support recovery, improve staff safety and reduce the effect on operational delivery.

With regards to retention there is a comprehensive approach by HMPPS to tackle retention challenges across both the Prison and Probation Service. Central to this effort is the retention strategy and retention oversight process. Complementing the strategy is a retention toolkit informed by research into the drivers of attrition. This toolkit supports local, regional, and national interventions and is used alongside structured exit interviews to gather feedback and shape future actions. The retention oversight process, which targets high-attrition sites includes deep dives led by occupational psychologists to uncover root causes and share best practices. Coordination of national interventions is managed through the Retention Delivery Committee, ensuring strategic alignment and minimal disruption to operational sites. The latest published HMPPS workforce data, including leaving and resignation rates and sickness data, is available in the June HM Prison and Probation Service workforce statistics publication, which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-june-2026.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of protective equipment issued to prison officers at reducing injuries from assaults.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is satisfied that the protective body armour issued to specialist staff is appropriate for its intended operational purpose. The equipment was selected to provide protection against identified risks while remaining suitable for prolonged operational use. Feedback from users and operational assurance arrangements continue to inform our assessment of its effectiveness.

Following the serious assault at HMP Frankland in April 2025, HMPPS has taken steps to strengthen staff safety and is progressing a range of protective capabilities intended to reduce the risk and impact of assaults on prison officers.

This includes a significant expansion in the provision of protective body armour, with HMPPS committed to equipping up to 10,000 staff by March 2027. Protective body armour is already mandated for staff working in some of the highest-risk areas of the Long-Term High Security Estate, and it also used in other high-risk operational contexts.

HMPPS has introduced Conducted Energy Devices (CEDs), commonly known as TASERs, on a phased and controlled basis, by staff in its specialist Operational Response and Resilience Unit. This has enabled HMPPS to test capability in the prison environment, learn from operational use and develop the necessary policy, training, assurance and safeguards. Subject to the necessary governance and operational arrangements being in place, HMPPS plans to begin training Local Response Team staff across the Long Term High Security Estate in the use of CEDs later this year.

These measures form part of HMPPS’s wider risk-based and evidence-led approach to staff safety, ensuring that new protective capabilities are introduced in a controlled and proportionate way and informed by operational learning.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps HM Prison and Probation Service is taking to trial new technologies intended to help prevent assaults on prison officers.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is satisfied that the protective body armour issued to specialist staff is appropriate for its intended operational purpose. The equipment was selected to provide protection against identified risks while remaining suitable for prolonged operational use. Feedback from users and operational assurance arrangements continue to inform our assessment of its effectiveness.

Following the serious assault at HMP Frankland in April 2025, HMPPS has taken steps to strengthen staff safety and is progressing a range of protective capabilities intended to reduce the risk and impact of assaults on prison officers.

This includes a significant expansion in the provision of protective body armour, with HMPPS committed to equipping up to 10,000 staff by March 2027. Protective body armour is already mandated for staff working in some of the highest-risk areas of the Long-Term High Security Estate, and it also used in other high-risk operational contexts.

HMPPS has introduced Conducted Energy Devices (CEDs), commonly known as TASERs, on a phased and controlled basis, by staff in its specialist Operational Response and Resilience Unit. This has enabled HMPPS to test capability in the prison environment, learn from operational use and develop the necessary policy, training, assurance and safeguards. Subject to the necessary governance and operational arrangements being in place, HMPPS plans to begin training Local Response Team staff across the Long Term High Security Estate in the use of CEDs later this year.

These measures form part of HMPPS’s wider risk-based and evidence-led approach to staff safety, ensuring that new protective capabilities are introduced in a controlled and proportionate way and informed by operational learning.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on social media influencers since July 2024.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

Today’s media landscape is unrecognisable compared to even a decade ago, and the way the public receives information and communicates has changed drastically in this time.

The Government has a duty to engage with the public where they are, using channels and voices they trust to ensure all citizens can access government services, information and support - meeting audiences where they are.

The total spend is £206,140 since July 2024. Please note this cost includes agency and wider fees.

Content Creators are paid fairly for their services, time and expertise in content creation. There work reaches people directly on the channels they use daily. Without targeted campaigns, millions of citizens would miss out on services, rights, and support to which they are entitled.

The guidelines for influencer and content creator marketing were created by the Government Communication Service and first published internally in November 2023.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of early release decisions on victims’ families.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited prisons days from collapse with the previous government only adding just 500 net places in 14 years. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Without the changes this government made, courts would have had to halt trials and the police cancel arrests, undermining public safety and leading to a disastrous impact on public confidence in the Criminal Justice System.

The Lord Chancellor and Prime Minister delayed the implementation of the Progression Model to ensure that two crucial things were incorporated: the need to put victims at the heart of our work while ensuring we never run out of space to lock up the most dangerous criminals, a scenario which would represent the worst possible outcome for victims.

The Government carefully considered concerns raised by victims, survivors, parliamentarians and the wider public and acted on those concerns. As a result, offenders convicted of unlawful killing offence such as manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, as well as further historic child sex offences, will now be excluded, on top of rape and serious child sex offences. A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

These exclusions are in addition to the existing exclusion of more than 18,000 offenders serving more serious sentences.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, 10K Additional Prison Places Estate Expansion Category D, how many prison places are within the scope of this project and at which prisons.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

As of September 2026, the Category D Expansion Programme has delivered 180 places, with around 600 remaining places to be delivered.

Of the places delivered, 60 of these are at HMP Hatfield and 120 are at HMP Sudbury. Of the remaining places, we are delivering c.360 places at HMP Ford and c.240 places at HMP Standford Hill.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, 10K Additional Prison Places Estate Expansion Category D, how many prison places have been a) delivered and b) are to be delivered.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

As of September 2026, the Category D Expansion Programme has delivered 180 places, with around 600 remaining places to be delivered.

Of the places delivered, 60 of these are at HMP Hatfield and 120 are at HMP Sudbury. Of the remaining places, we are delivering c.360 places at HMP Ford and c.240 places at HMP Standford Hill.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cells across the prison estate are not in use owing to not having a smoke alarm.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

No prison cells are currently out of use owing to absence of fire detection equipment. Prison cells either have in-cell automatic fire detection, or domestic smoke detectors which are placed immediately outside cell doors.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government's press release entitled Crackdown on baseless legal claims to get Britain building, published on 16 July 2026, what estimate has been made of the number of judicial review claims relating to major housing, transport and energy developments that were ultimately found to be without merit in each of the last five years.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on judicial review cases in England and Wales as part of the Civil Justice statistics quarterly bulletin (Civil justice statistics quarterly - GOV.UK). The consolidated figures for all judicial review cases since 2000 are available at the “Civil Justice and Judicial Review data (zip file)” link.

The existing dataset does not provide further breakdown of cases beyond significant planning court claims and other planning cases. It does not specifically identify major housing, transport and energy developments.

This is why the Ministry of Justice published the Judicial Review Reforms Beyond Nationally Significant Infrastructure consultation on 16 July 2026. The consultation sought evidence on the potential impact of legal challenges on the delivery of major infrastructure projects and other strategically important developments to inform the Government’s decision on further judicial review reforms.

The consultation closed on 27 August 2026. The Government is considering the responses received and will set out its position in due course.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government's press release entitled Crackdown on baseless legal claims to get Britain building, published on 16 July 2026, what data the Department holds on the number of major housing developments delayed by judicial review proceedings in each of the last five years.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on judicial review cases in England and Wales as part of the Civil Justice statistics quarterly bulletin (Civil justice statistics quarterly - GOV.UK). The consolidated figures for all judicial review cases since 2000 are available at the “Civil Justice and Judicial Review data (zip file)” link.

The existing dataset does not provide further breakdown of cases beyond significant planning court claims and other planning cases. It does not specifically identify major housing, transport and energy developments.

This is why the Ministry of Justice published the Judicial Review Reforms Beyond Nationally Significant Infrastructure consultation on 16 July 2026. The consultation sought evidence on the potential impact of legal challenges on the delivery of major infrastructure projects and other strategically important developments to inform the Government’s decision on further judicial review reforms.

The consultation closed on 27 August 2026. The Government is considering the responses received and will set out its position in due course.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the breakdown by category of prison regarding the freeing up of the prison estate over ten months via the early release scheme.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will now deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison capacity crisis we inherited, including through the progression model, which will help ensure there are always enough places for the courts to be able to send people to custody in order to keep the public safe.

Prisoners serving Standard Determinate Sentences are held across the prison estate and can be transferred between prisons over time. We have published the best available modelled estimates of the volumes of offenders estimated to be released on the first day of each tranche. This information is now available at: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held on Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences have been convicted of sexual offences.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice publishes routine data on prisoners serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences in custody, including information on their offence group, in the Offender Management Statistics publication.

The latest figures are available in Table 1.A.17 at the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a69e0e116bc92f51e1a4310/prison-population-2026.ods.

Published figures show that, as of 30 June 2026, there were 379 unreleased prisoners serving an IPP sentence in custody whose index offence fell within the offence group of sexual offences.

On 1 September, the Lord Chancellor announced that the Government will bring an end to the sentence for those who continue to serve it and will bring forward legislation to do this by the end of this Parliament.

These are complex cases, involving important public protection and victim considerations. Reform will take time to get right.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by (a) the department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies since the Government Chief Commercial Officer letter was sent; on what items, and at what cost.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

Since 5 April 2025, the following expenditure has been identified as being approved through the Ministry of Justice's advertising and marketing controls:

This expenditure was approved in accordance with the relevant departmental controls to support operationally critical activity.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his department's policy to reduce the volume of cases of the early release of prisoners.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will now deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison capacity crisis we inherited, including through the progression model, which will help ensure there are always enough prison places for the courts to be able to send people to custody.

The Prime Minister’s review informed decisions relating to implementation of the progression model and subsequent offence exclusions. The Government carefully considered concerns raised by victims, survivors, parliamentarians and the wider public and acted on those concerns. Representations received from Thames Valley police, other policing stakeholders, and a range of victims including the family of PC Harper during the review formed part of the evidence considered as part of that process. Ministers continue to engage with a range of stakeholders on implementation.

As a result, offenders convicted of unlawful killing offence such as manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, as well as further historic child sex offences, will now be excluded, on top of rape and serious child sex offences. This also includes offenders convicted of offences involving the killing of an emergency worker. A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

These exclusions are in addition to the existing exclusion of more than 18,000 offenders serving more serious sentences.

The progression model amends release points for offenders serving Standard Determinate Sentences.

The date from which the progression model will apply, and the date of the first tranche of releases is 1 October 2026. Offenders released under the progression model will be controlled under strict licence conditions and can be recalled to custody where they breach those conditions or their risk can no longer be safely managed in the community.

We have published the modelled estimates of the volumes of offenders to be released on the first day of each tranche. Current published estimates do not identify releases from individual prisons, including HMP Isle of Wight. This information is now available at: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

Work is underway to implement the change announced, including the completion of complex sentence calculations necessary to support delivery. The Ministry of Justice also routinely publishes Accredited Official Statistics on prison population and prisoner releases as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) publication.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason offenders convicted of killing a police officer or other emergency worker were not excluded from the early release scheme.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will now deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison capacity crisis we inherited, including through the progression model, which will help ensure there are always enough prison places for the courts to be able to send people to custody.

The Prime Minister’s review informed decisions relating to implementation of the progression model and subsequent offence exclusions. The Government carefully considered concerns raised by victims, survivors, parliamentarians and the wider public and acted on those concerns. Representations received from Thames Valley police, other policing stakeholders, and a range of victims including the family of PC Harper during the review formed part of the evidence considered as part of that process. Ministers continue to engage with a range of stakeholders on implementation.

As a result, offenders convicted of unlawful killing offence such as manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, as well as further historic child sex offences, will now be excluded, on top of rape and serious child sex offences. This also includes offenders convicted of offences involving the killing of an emergency worker. A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

These exclusions are in addition to the existing exclusion of more than 18,000 offenders serving more serious sentences.

The progression model amends release points for offenders serving Standard Determinate Sentences.

The date from which the progression model will apply, and the date of the first tranche of releases is 1 October 2026. Offenders released under the progression model will be controlled under strict licence conditions and can be recalled to custody where they breach those conditions or their risk can no longer be safely managed in the community.

We have published the modelled estimates of the volumes of offenders to be released on the first day of each tranche. Current published estimates do not identify releases from individual prisons, including HMP Isle of Wight. This information is now available at: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

Work is underway to implement the change announced, including the completion of complex sentence calculations necessary to support delivery. The Ministry of Justice also routinely publishes Accredited Official Statistics on prison population and prisoner releases as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) publication.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, how many headcount staff in (a) the Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies are (i) members of the Government Communication Network and (ii) embedded communicators who are not counted as members of the Government Communication Network.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

All communicators are members of the Government Communication Service.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Freedom of Information requests to which his Department has not yet provided a substantive answer were received a) 0-19, b) 20, c) 20-39, d) 40, e) 41 or more working days ago.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

As of 3 September 2026, there were 771 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests that have been received by the Ministry of Justice and had not yet been responded to. The table below notes the volumes of cases that were received per the time period categories requested.

The Ministry of Justice publishes its FOIA performance statistics every quarter, which can be accessed on Gov.UK: Freedom of Information statistics - GOV.UK.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reviewing the law on unfitness to plead.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Government agrees there are merits to reviewing the law on unfitness to plead and has accepted the majority of the Law Commission’s recommendations for reform.

The Government is considering how best to take forward these reforms alongside other related areas of criminal responsibility currently under review. It is important that we do this in a coherent and evidence-based way, so that any changes are workable, avoid inconsistency and maintain public confidence.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the statutory release framework providing different arrangements for offenders convicted of killing (a) police officers, (b) prison officers and (c) other emergency workers while they are performing their duties.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will now deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison capacity crisis we inherited, including through the progression model, which will help ensure there are always enough prison places for the courts to be able to send people to custody.

The Prime Minister’s review informed decisions relating to implementation of the progression model and subsequent offence exclusions. The Government carefully considered concerns raised by victims, survivors, parliamentarians and the wider public and acted on those concerns. Representations received from Thames Valley police, other policing stakeholders, and a range of victims including the family of PC Harper during the review formed part of the evidence considered as part of that process. Ministers continue to engage with a range of stakeholders on implementation.

As a result, offenders convicted of unlawful killing offence such as manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, as well as further historic child sex offences, will now be excluded, on top of rape and serious child sex offences. This also includes offenders convicted of offences involving the killing of an emergency worker. A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

These exclusions are in addition to the existing exclusion of more than 18,000 offenders serving more serious sentences.

The progression model amends release points for offenders serving Standard Determinate Sentences.

The date from which the progression model will apply, and the date of the first tranche of releases is 1 October 2026. Offenders released under the progression model will be controlled under strict licence conditions and can be recalled to custody where they breach those conditions or their risk can no longer be safely managed in the community.

We have published the modelled estimates of the volumes of offenders to be released on the first day of each tranche. Current published estimates do not identify releases from individual prisons, including HMP Isle of Wight. This information is now available at: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

Work is underway to implement the change announced, including the completion of complex sentence calculations necessary to support delivery. The Ministry of Justice also routinely publishes Accredited Official Statistics on prison population and prisoner releases as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) publication.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of early release arrangements on public confidence in the criminal justice system.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will now deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison capacity crisis we inherited, including through the progression model, which will help ensure there are always enough prison places for the courts to be able to send people to custody.

The Prime Minister’s review informed decisions relating to implementation of the progression model and subsequent offence exclusions. The Government carefully considered concerns raised by victims, survivors, parliamentarians and the wider public and acted on those concerns. Representations received from Thames Valley police, other policing stakeholders, and a range of victims including the family of PC Harper during the review formed part of the evidence considered as part of that process. Ministers continue to engage with a range of stakeholders on implementation.

As a result, offenders convicted of unlawful killing offence such as manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, as well as further historic child sex offences, will now be excluded, on top of rape and serious child sex offences. This also includes offenders convicted of offences involving the killing of an emergency worker. A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

These exclusions are in addition to the existing exclusion of more than 18,000 offenders serving more serious sentences.

The progression model amends release points for offenders serving Standard Determinate Sentences.

The date from which the progression model will apply, and the date of the first tranche of releases is 1 October 2026. Offenders released under the progression model will be controlled under strict licence conditions and can be recalled to custody where they breach those conditions or their risk can no longer be safely managed in the community.

We have published the modelled estimates of the volumes of offenders to be released on the first day of each tranche. Current published estimates do not identify releases from individual prisons, including HMP Isle of Wight. This information is now available at: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

Work is underway to implement the change announced, including the completion of complex sentence calculations necessary to support delivery. The Ministry of Justice also routinely publishes Accredited Official Statistics on prison population and prisoner releases as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) publication.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of early release provisions on public confidence in the criminal justice system.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will now deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison capacity crisis we inherited, including through the progression model, which will help ensure there are always enough prison places for the courts to be able to send people to custody.

The Prime Minister’s review informed decisions relating to implementation of the progression model and subsequent offence exclusions. The Government carefully considered concerns raised by victims, survivors, parliamentarians and the wider public and acted on those concerns. Representations received from Thames Valley police, other policing stakeholders, and a range of victims including the family of PC Harper during the review formed part of the evidence considered as part of that process. Ministers continue to engage with a range of stakeholders on implementation.

As a result, offenders convicted of unlawful killing offence such as manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, as well as further historic child sex offences, will now be excluded, on top of rape and serious child sex offences. This also includes offenders convicted of offences involving the killing of an emergency worker. A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

These exclusions are in addition to the existing exclusion of more than 18,000 offenders serving more serious sentences.

The progression model amends release points for offenders serving Standard Determinate Sentences.

The date from which the progression model will apply, and the date of the first tranche of releases is 1 October 2026. Offenders released under the progression model will be controlled under strict licence conditions and can be recalled to custody where they breach those conditions or their risk can no longer be safely managed in the community.

We have published the modelled estimates of the volumes of offenders to be released on the first day of each tranche. Current published estimates do not identify releases from individual prisons, including HMP Isle of Wight. This information is now available at: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

Work is underway to implement the change announced, including the completion of complex sentence calculations necessary to support delivery. The Ministry of Justice also routinely publishes Accredited Official Statistics on prison population and prisoner releases as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) publication.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners will be released in each of the planned release tranches.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will now deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison capacity crisis we inherited, including through the progression model, which will help ensure there are always enough prison places for the courts to be able to send people to custody.

The Prime Minister’s review informed decisions relating to implementation of the progression model and subsequent offence exclusions. The Government carefully considered concerns raised by victims, survivors, parliamentarians and the wider public and acted on those concerns. Representations received from Thames Valley police, other policing stakeholders, and a range of victims including the family of PC Harper during the review formed part of the evidence considered as part of that process. Ministers continue to engage with a range of stakeholders on implementation.

As a result, offenders convicted of unlawful killing offence such as manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, as well as further historic child sex offences, will now be excluded, on top of rape and serious child sex offences. This also includes offenders convicted of offences involving the killing of an emergency worker. A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

These exclusions are in addition to the existing exclusion of more than 18,000 offenders serving more serious sentences.

The progression model amends release points for offenders serving Standard Determinate Sentences.

The date from which the progression model will apply, and the date of the first tranche of releases is 1 October 2026. Offenders released under the progression model will be controlled under strict licence conditions and can be recalled to custody where they breach those conditions or their risk can no longer be safely managed in the community.

We have published the modelled estimates of the volumes of offenders to be released on the first day of each tranche. Current published estimates do not identify releases from individual prisons, including HMP Isle of Wight. This information is now available at: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

Work is underway to implement the change announced, including the completion of complex sentence calculations necessary to support delivery. The Ministry of Justice also routinely publishes Accredited Official Statistics on prison population and prisoner releases as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) publication.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the Department's average response time is for responding to correspondence from (a) the public and (b) Members raising constituency casework.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Department aims to respond to correspondence within 20 working days, as per the target set by the Cabinet Office. The department does not specifically record performance on average response times for responding to members raising constituency casework.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will launch an investigation into forced conversion to Islam in prisons.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Government does not tolerate intimidation, gang activity or faith-based coercion of any kind in prisons. Prisoners are free to practise, change or decline a religion or belief and any concerns that a prisoner may be changing their faith or belief under duress or coercion are reported and addressed through established prison security, intelligence and safeguarding procedures.

Any allegations of forced conversion, regardless of the faith or belief concerned, are taken seriously and prisons act swiftly to clamp down on threatening behaviour by any groups or individuals. Anyone who breaks the prison rules – including through extremist threats or violence – will be sanctioned and faces the prospect of more prison time.

There are no plans to launch an investigation into forced conversion in prisons.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he received from (a) the family of PC Andrew Harper, (b) the Thames Valley Police Federation and (c) the Police Federation of England and Wales during the review of the early release scheme; and what weight was given to them.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will now deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison capacity crisis we inherited, including through the progression model, which will help ensure there are always enough prison places for the courts to be able to send people to custody.

The Prime Minister’s review informed decisions relating to implementation of the progression model and subsequent offence exclusions. The Government carefully considered concerns raised by victims, survivors, parliamentarians and the wider public and acted on those concerns. Representations received from Thames Valley police, other policing stakeholders, and a range of victims including the family of PC Harper during the review formed part of the evidence considered as part of that process. Ministers continue to engage with a range of stakeholders on implementation.

As a result, offenders convicted of unlawful killing offence such as manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, as well as further historic child sex offences, will now be excluded, on top of rape and serious child sex offences. This also includes offenders convicted of offences involving the killing of an emergency worker. A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

These exclusions are in addition to the existing exclusion of more than 18,000 offenders serving more serious sentences.

The progression model amends release points for offenders serving Standard Determinate Sentences.

The date from which the progression model will apply, and the date of the first tranche of releases is 1 October 2026. Offenders released under the progression model will be controlled under strict licence conditions and can be recalled to custody where they breach those conditions or their risk can no longer be safely managed in the community.

We have published the modelled estimates of the volumes of offenders to be released on the first day of each tranche. Current published estimates do not identify releases from individual prisons, including HMP Isle of Wight. This information is now available at: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

Work is underway to implement the change announced, including the completion of complex sentence calculations necessary to support delivery. The Ministry of Justice also routinely publishes Accredited Official Statistics on prison population and prisoner releases as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) publication.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of killing a police officer or other emergency worker are eligible for early release under the scheme; and how many he expects to be released in the next 12 months.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will now deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison capacity crisis we inherited, including through the progression model, which will help ensure there are always enough prison places for the courts to be able to send people to custody.

The Prime Minister’s review informed decisions relating to implementation of the progression model and subsequent offence exclusions. The Government carefully considered concerns raised by victims, survivors, parliamentarians and the wider public and acted on those concerns. Representations received from Thames Valley police, other policing stakeholders, and a range of victims including the family of PC Harper during the review formed part of the evidence considered as part of that process. Ministers continue to engage with a range of stakeholders on implementation.

As a result, offenders convicted of unlawful killing offence such as manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, as well as further historic child sex offences, will now be excluded, on top of rape and serious child sex offences. This also includes offenders convicted of offences involving the killing of an emergency worker. A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

These exclusions are in addition to the existing exclusion of more than 18,000 offenders serving more serious sentences.

The progression model amends release points for offenders serving Standard Determinate Sentences.

The date from which the progression model will apply, and the date of the first tranche of releases is 1 October 2026. Offenders released under the progression model will be controlled under strict licence conditions and can be recalled to custody where they breach those conditions or their risk can no longer be safely managed in the community.

We have published the modelled estimates of the volumes of offenders to be released on the first day of each tranche. Current published estimates do not identify releases from individual prisons, including HMP Isle of Wight. This information is now available at: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

Work is underway to implement the change announced, including the completion of complex sentence calculations necessary to support delivery. The Ministry of Justice also routinely publishes Accredited Official Statistics on prison population and prisoner releases as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) publication.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria his Department used to determine which categories of offence would be excluded from the early release scheme.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will now deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison capacity crisis we inherited, including through the progression model, which will help ensure there are always enough prison places for the courts to be able to send people to custody.

The Prime Minister’s review informed decisions relating to implementation of the progression model and subsequent offence exclusions. The Government carefully considered concerns raised by victims, survivors, parliamentarians and the wider public and acted on those concerns. Representations received from Thames Valley police, other policing stakeholders, and a range of victims including the family of PC Harper during the review formed part of the evidence considered as part of that process. Ministers continue to engage with a range of stakeholders on implementation.

As a result, offenders convicted of unlawful killing offence such as manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, as well as further historic child sex offences, will now be excluded, on top of rape and serious child sex offences. This also includes offenders convicted of offences involving the killing of an emergency worker. A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

These exclusions are in addition to the existing exclusion of more than 18,000 offenders serving more serious sentences.

The progression model amends release points for offenders serving Standard Determinate Sentences.

The date from which the progression model will apply, and the date of the first tranche of releases is 1 October 2026. Offenders released under the progression model will be controlled under strict licence conditions and can be recalled to custody where they breach those conditions or their risk can no longer be safely managed in the community.

We have published the modelled estimates of the volumes of offenders to be released on the first day of each tranche. Current published estimates do not identify releases from individual prisons, including HMP Isle of Wight. This information is now available at: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

Work is underway to implement the change announced, including the completion of complex sentence calculations necessary to support delivery. The Ministry of Justice also routinely publishes Accredited Official Statistics on prison population and prisoner releases as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) publication.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the reviews of the early release scheme ordered by the Prime Minister.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will now deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison capacity crisis we inherited, including through the progression model, which will help ensure there are always enough prison places for the courts to be able to send people to custody.

The Prime Minister’s review informed decisions relating to implementation of the progression model and subsequent offence exclusions. The Government carefully considered concerns raised by victims, survivors, parliamentarians and the wider public and acted on those concerns. Representations received from Thames Valley police, other policing stakeholders, and a range of victims including the family of PC Harper during the review formed part of the evidence considered as part of that process. Ministers continue to engage with a range of stakeholders on implementation.

As a result, offenders convicted of unlawful killing offence such as manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, as well as further historic child sex offences, will now be excluded, on top of rape and serious child sex offences. This also includes offenders convicted of offences involving the killing of an emergency worker. A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

These exclusions are in addition to the existing exclusion of more than 18,000 offenders serving more serious sentences.

The progression model amends release points for offenders serving Standard Determinate Sentences.

The date from which the progression model will apply, and the date of the first tranche of releases is 1 October 2026. Offenders released under the progression model will be controlled under strict licence conditions and can be recalled to custody where they breach those conditions or their risk can no longer be safely managed in the community.

We have published the modelled estimates of the volumes of offenders to be released on the first day of each tranche. Current published estimates do not identify releases from individual prisons, including HMP Isle of Wight. This information is now available at: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

Work is underway to implement the change announced, including the completion of complex sentence calculations necessary to support delivery. The Ministry of Justice also routinely publishes Accredited Official Statistics on prison population and prisoner releases as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) publication.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Freedom of Information requests his Department has, in the past 12 months, provided a response to within a) 0-19, b) exactly 20, c) 20-39, d) 40, e) 41 or more working days of the request's receipt.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

From 3 September 2025 to 3 September 2026, the Ministry of Justice responded to 5,426 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. In 2025, the Ministry of Justice received the second highest volume of FOIA requests for a Government department. The Department publishes its FOIA performance statistics every quarter, which can be accessed on Gov.UK: Freedom of Information statistics - GOV.UK.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) serving, and (b) not serving an IPP sentence have been detained under the Section 47/49 pathway before release from prison, since 2016.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Section 47/49 of the Mental Health Act (1983) allows for the transfer of a serving prisoners to psychiatric hospital, where the statutory criteria for transfer under the Act are met. The specific information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of the residential expectations placed on High Court judges on the geographical diversity of applicants for appointment.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

No assessment has been made of the geographical diversity of applicants to the High Court. High Court judge Terms and Conditions, issued upon appointment by the Lord Chancellor, set out that their main workplace is the Royal Courts of Justice in London as a significant proportion of a High Court judge's sittings take place there or at other Central London courts. Relocation support is available for existing judges appointed to the High Court, if they need to move to take up appointment.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to WPQ 16079 answered on 14 July 2026 about 'Marriage, Relatives,' if he will publish the evidence that the number of first cousins choosing to marry in England is declining.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Government does not collect data on the prevalence of first cousin marriage. The evidence referenced in WPQ 16079 relates to longitudinal research from the Born in Bradford programme which shows that rates of consanguineous relationships have fallen substantially over time.

As a matter of course, officials at the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Health and Social Care work collaboratively on the topic of cousin marriage, including on the risk of congenital birth defects posed to children of closely related parents.

We recognise the serious concerns that have been raised on this issue. As any responsible Government would do, we will be considering all options on how to tackle first cousin marriage.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will introduce measures to progress changes to the Marriage Act 1949 and the Sexual Offences Act 2003 to place restrictions on first cousin marriage.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Government does not collect data on the prevalence of first cousin marriage. The evidence referenced in WPQ 16079 relates to longitudinal research from the Born in Bradford programme which shows that rates of consanguineous relationships have fallen substantially over time.

As a matter of course, officials at the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Health and Social Care work collaboratively on the topic of cousin marriage, including on the risk of congenital birth defects posed to children of closely related parents.

We recognise the serious concerns that have been raised on this issue. As any responsible Government would do, we will be considering all options on how to tackle first cousin marriage.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent conversations he has had with health bodies on the increased risk of congenital birth defects to children whose parents are first cousins.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Government does not collect data on the prevalence of first cousin marriage. The evidence referenced in WPQ 16079 relates to longitudinal research from the Born in Bradford programme which shows that rates of consanguineous relationships have fallen substantially over time.

As a matter of course, officials at the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Health and Social Care work collaboratively on the topic of cousin marriage, including on the risk of congenital birth defects posed to children of closely related parents.

We recognise the serious concerns that have been raised on this issue. As any responsible Government would do, we will be considering all options on how to tackle first cousin marriage.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will consider the creation of a working group to enable the use of Cornish in local courts, administrative proceedings and legal documentation.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The UK Government is committed to protecting minority languages and continues to support the Cornish language and culture through a range of measures from education to broadcasting and in international forums like the British-Irish Council.

At present, the Government does not have plans for a specific working group on the use of Cornish in local courts, administrative proceedings and legal documentation.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list grants made by his Department to the Press Recognition Panel since 2014; and what the purpose was of those grants.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

In 2014, the Ministry of Justice awarded a sum of £3 million to the Press Recognition Panel (PRP). This payment was made on the basis of the Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the press, which states that the Lord Chancellor (acting on behalf of The Exchequer) will fund the PRP until it becomes effective. This initial funding was exhausted in the 2022-23 financial year. Since then, an annual payment of £430,000 has been made to the PRP, in line with its right to request further reasonable sums in the event that its income is considered to be insufficient, so it is not frustrated by a lack of funding. This was also set out in the Royal Charter. The last of these payments were made in the 2026-27 financial year. As the Ministry of Justice acts on behalf of HM Treasury as a funding conduit, plans for future funding do not fall under the remit of the Department although the Ministry of Justice will continue to fund the PRP if they make further funding requests.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to provide future funding to the Press Recognition Panel.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

In 2014, the Ministry of Justice awarded a sum of £3 million to the Press Recognition Panel (PRP). This payment was made on the basis of the Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the press, which states that the Lord Chancellor (acting on behalf of The Exchequer) will fund the PRP until it becomes effective. This initial funding was exhausted in the 2022-23 financial year. Since then, an annual payment of £430,000 has been made to the PRP, in line with its right to request further reasonable sums in the event that its income is considered to be insufficient, so it is not frustrated by a lack of funding. This was also set out in the Royal Charter. The last of these payments were made in the 2026-27 financial year. As the Ministry of Justice acts on behalf of HM Treasury as a funding conduit, plans for future funding do not fall under the remit of the Department although the Ministry of Justice will continue to fund the PRP if they make further funding requests.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department’s (a) Permanent Secretary and (b) Ministers have had correspondence with Flint Global since July 2024.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

It is not routine to disclose correspondence between Ministers or Permanent Secretaries and any individual or organisation.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders convicted of (a) rape, (b) other sexual offences against adults, (c) child sexual offences and (d) offences involving grooming are expected to be released earlier than they otherwise would have been under the Sentencing Act 2026.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will now deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison capacity crisis we inherited, including through the progression model, which will help ensure there are always enough prison places for the courts to be able to send people to custody.

The Prime Minister’s review informed decisions relating to implementation of the progression model and subsequent offence exclusions. The Government carefully considered concerns raised by victims, survivors, parliamentarians and the wider public and acted on those concerns. Representations received from Thames Valley police, other policing stakeholders, and a range of victims including the family of PC Harper during the review formed part of the evidence considered as part of that process. Ministers continue to engage with a range of stakeholders on implementation.

As a result, offenders convicted of unlawful killing offence such as manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, as well as further historic child sex offences, will now be excluded, on top of rape and serious child sex offences. This also includes offenders convicted of offences involving the killing of an emergency worker. A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

These exclusions are in addition to the existing exclusion of more than 18,000 offenders serving more serious sentences.

The progression model amends release points for offenders serving Standard Determinate Sentences.

The date from which the progression model will apply, and the date of the first tranche of releases is 1 October 2026. Offenders released under the progression model will be controlled under strict licence conditions and can be recalled to custody where they breach those conditions or their risk can no longer be safely managed in the community.

We have published the modelled estimates of the volumes of offenders to be released on the first day of each tranche. Current published estimates do not identify releases from individual prisons, including HMP Isle of Wight. This information is now available at: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

Work is underway to implement the change announced, including the completion of complex sentence calculations necessary to support delivery. The Ministry of Justice also routinely publishes Accredited Official Statistics on prison population and prisoner releases as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) publication.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners currently held at HMP Isle of Wight (Albany and Parkhurst) are eligible for early release under the Government's scheme.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will now deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison capacity crisis we inherited, including through the progression model, which will help ensure there are always enough prison places for the courts to be able to send people to custody.

The Prime Minister’s review informed decisions relating to implementation of the progression model and subsequent offence exclusions. The Government carefully considered concerns raised by victims, survivors, parliamentarians and the wider public and acted on those concerns. Representations received from Thames Valley police, other policing stakeholders, and a range of victims including the family of PC Harper during the review formed part of the evidence considered as part of that process. Ministers continue to engage with a range of stakeholders on implementation.

As a result, offenders convicted of unlawful killing offence such as manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, as well as further historic child sex offences, will now be excluded, on top of rape and serious child sex offences. This also includes offenders convicted of offences involving the killing of an emergency worker. A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

These exclusions are in addition to the existing exclusion of more than 18,000 offenders serving more serious sentences.

The progression model amends release points for offenders serving Standard Determinate Sentences.

The date from which the progression model will apply, and the date of the first tranche of releases is 1 October 2026. Offenders released under the progression model will be controlled under strict licence conditions and can be recalled to custody where they breach those conditions or their risk can no longer be safely managed in the community.

We have published the modelled estimates of the volumes of offenders to be released on the first day of each tranche. Current published estimates do not identify releases from individual prisons, including HMP Isle of Wight. This information is now available at: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

Work is underway to implement the change announced, including the completion of complex sentence calculations necessary to support delivery. The Ministry of Justice also routinely publishes Accredited Official Statistics on prison population and prisoner releases as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) publication.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will meet (a) the family of PC Andrew Harper and (b) representatives of the Police Federation to discuss the early release scheme.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will now deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison capacity crisis we inherited, including through the progression model, which will help ensure there are always enough prison places for the courts to be able to send people to custody.

The Prime Minister’s review informed decisions relating to implementation of the progression model and subsequent offence exclusions. The Government carefully considered concerns raised by victims, survivors, parliamentarians and the wider public and acted on those concerns. Representations received from Thames Valley police, other policing stakeholders, and a range of victims including the family of PC Harper during the review formed part of the evidence considered as part of that process. Ministers continue to engage with a range of stakeholders on implementation.

As a result, offenders convicted of unlawful killing offence such as manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, as well as further historic child sex offences, will now be excluded, on top of rape and serious child sex offences. This also includes offenders convicted of offences involving the killing of an emergency worker. A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

These exclusions are in addition to the existing exclusion of more than 18,000 offenders serving more serious sentences.

The progression model amends release points for offenders serving Standard Determinate Sentences.

The date from which the progression model will apply, and the date of the first tranche of releases is 1 October 2026. Offenders released under the progression model will be controlled under strict licence conditions and can be recalled to custody where they breach those conditions or their risk can no longer be safely managed in the community.

We have published the modelled estimates of the volumes of offenders to be released on the first day of each tranche. Current published estimates do not identify releases from individual prisons, including HMP Isle of Wight. This information is now available at: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

Work is underway to implement the change announced, including the completion of complex sentence calculations necessary to support delivery. The Ministry of Justice also routinely publishes Accredited Official Statistics on prison population and prisoner releases as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) publication.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to exclude offenders convicted of killing a police officer or other emergency worker from the early release scheme.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will now deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison capacity crisis we inherited, including through the progression model, which will help ensure there are always enough prison places for the courts to be able to send people to custody.

The Prime Minister’s review informed decisions relating to implementation of the progression model and subsequent offence exclusions. The Government carefully considered concerns raised by victims, survivors, parliamentarians and the wider public and acted on those concerns. Representations received from Thames Valley police, other policing stakeholders, and a range of victims including the family of PC Harper during the review formed part of the evidence considered as part of that process. Ministers continue to engage with a range of stakeholders on implementation.

As a result, offenders convicted of unlawful killing offence such as manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, as well as further historic child sex offences, will now be excluded, on top of rape and serious child sex offences. This also includes offenders convicted of offences involving the killing of an emergency worker. A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

These exclusions are in addition to the existing exclusion of more than 18,000 offenders serving more serious sentences.

The progression model amends release points for offenders serving Standard Determinate Sentences.

The date from which the progression model will apply, and the date of the first tranche of releases is 1 October 2026. Offenders released under the progression model will be controlled under strict licence conditions and can be recalled to custody where they breach those conditions or their risk can no longer be safely managed in the community.

We have published the modelled estimates of the volumes of offenders to be released on the first day of each tranche. Current published estimates do not identify releases from individual prisons, including HMP Isle of Wight. This information is now available at: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

Work is underway to implement the change announced, including the completion of complex sentence calculations necessary to support delivery. The Ministry of Justice also routinely publishes Accredited Official Statistics on prison population and prisoner releases as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) publication.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners released early under the Government's scheme will be released to an Isle of Wight settlement address.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will now deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison capacity crisis we inherited, including through the progression model, which will help ensure there are always enough prison places for the courts to be able to send people to custody.

The Prime Minister’s review informed decisions relating to implementation of the progression model and subsequent offence exclusions. The Government carefully considered concerns raised by victims, survivors, parliamentarians and the wider public and acted on those concerns. Representations received from Thames Valley police, other policing stakeholders, and a range of victims including the family of PC Harper during the review formed part of the evidence considered as part of that process. Ministers continue to engage with a range of stakeholders on implementation.

As a result, offenders convicted of unlawful killing offence such as manslaughter, causing death by dangerous driving, as well as further historic child sex offences, will now be excluded, on top of rape and serious child sex offences. This also includes offenders convicted of offences involving the killing of an emergency worker. A full list of exclusions can be found here: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

These exclusions are in addition to the existing exclusion of more than 18,000 offenders serving more serious sentences.

The progression model amends release points for offenders serving Standard Determinate Sentences.

The date from which the progression model will apply, and the date of the first tranche of releases is 1 October 2026. Offenders released under the progression model will be controlled under strict licence conditions and can be recalled to custody where they breach those conditions or their risk can no longer be safely managed in the community.

We have published the modelled estimates of the volumes of offenders to be released on the first day of each tranche. Current published estimates do not identify releases from individual prisons, including HMP Isle of Wight. This information is now available at: Sentencing Act 2026 offence exclusions - GOV.UK.

Work is underway to implement the change announced, including the completion of complex sentence calculations necessary to support delivery. The Ministry of Justice also routinely publishes Accredited Official Statistics on prison population and prisoner releases as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly (OMSQ) publication.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps the Department has taken to reduce response times for correspondence from (a) the public and (b) Members raising constituency casework.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice recognises the importance of timely and accurate responses to correspondence.

The Cabinet Office sets a maximum target deadline of 20 working days for departments and agencies to respond to correspondence, and it is the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice to ensure we have the resources and processes in place to respond to correspondence within this deadline.

The Ministry of Justice works collaboratively with the Cabinet Office and other Government departments to review and update correspondence policy and processes as required.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Prisoner Education Services, how many Foreign National Offenders are in receipt of education via the programme.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The information requested forms part of a forthcoming Official Statistics publication. Participation in prison education, covering the period of the new Prisoner Education Service contracts, will be included in the HMPPS Offender Equalities Annual Report scheduled for release in November 2026. In accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics, we are unable to provide unpublished figures or additional breakdowns in advance of publication.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, 10K Additional Prison Places Estate Expansion - New Build, what progress he has made in identifying the remaining two sites.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

As part of the additional 14,000 prison places, there are plans to deliver three further new prisons, including HMP Welland Oaks in Leicestershire, which is currently under construction. The remaining two new prison sites are next to the existing HMP Garth in Lancashire and next to the existing HMP Grendon in Buckinghamshire.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he will take to ensure that his Department is adequately prepared for Second Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on 11 September.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Government is neutral on assisted dying and the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

The Government has a duty to the statute book and a responsibility to help ensure that any legislation that passes through Parliament is workable, effective and enforceable. Ahead of Second Reading, the Department has published Bill products, such as an Impact Assessment, and is preparing for the Minister to advise the house on the workability of the Bill.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, PFI Prison Expiry and Transfer Tranche 2, what is the breakdown of the £1.13 billion saved in the whole life cost.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

These cost differences are not a result of actual reduction in spend, scope change or savings. This reduction in costs is the result of a change in reporting approach by NISTA.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cells across the prison estate are vacant awaiting maintenance work before they can be occupied by prisoners.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Prison capacity is taken out of use both temporarily and on a longer-term basis for a number of reasons. Owing to current pressure on prison capacity, all non-essential maintenance has been stopped to ensure that all cells that can be used are used. Only essential maintenance that is required to meet statutory obligations (e.g. fire safety standards) or to keep accommodation in use is being undertaken.

As of 31 August 2026, 3,364 places were out of use for maintenance-related reasons, where work is either planned to take place or is in the process of being completed.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the current restricted operational capacity of HMP Milsike relative to the total number of cells at the prison.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

As of 2 September, 1158 places at HMP Millsike are in use. The maximum capacity of the prison is 1468. Occupancy will increase when it is operationally appropriate to do so. The pace of prisoner intake is kept under review by H M Prison & Probation Service, to take account of operational demands.

Increases in occupancy of new prisons are phased and managed carefully to ensure that the prison remains safe, secure and stable as numbers increase. This approach recognises that the opening of a new prison is an inherently challenging period, as staff adapt to a new site and establish its culture, regime and processes.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the longest wait time for a magistrate appointed in the 2025-26 recruitment round to start of their judicial training.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Magistrates' training is a matter for the independent judiciary. Data about the provision and completion of training is held by the Judicial College on behalf of the Lady Chief Justice.

New magistrates are appointed on a rolling basis and are invited to book their induction training by the Judicial College as soon as the College is notified of their appointment. Induction training comprises a number of elements completed over a period of weeks and training places are planned on the basis of anticipated appointments. Of those magistrates appointed between 1 April and 30 June 2026, 27% have fully completed their induction training, 49% have booked and 24% have yet to book.

The College does not hold analysis of data on the time between appointment and the start of training for magistrates appointed in 2025-26.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many newly appointed magistrates are awaiting the start of their judicial training.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Magistrates' training is a matter for the independent judiciary. Data about the provision and completion of training is held by the Judicial College on behalf of the Lady Chief Justice.

New magistrates are appointed on a rolling basis and are invited to book their induction training by the Judicial College as soon as the College is notified of their appointment. Induction training comprises a number of elements completed over a period of weeks and training places are planned on the basis of anticipated appointments. Of those magistrates appointed between 1 April and 30 June 2026, 27% have fully completed their induction training, 49% have booked and 24% have yet to book.

The College does not hold analysis of data on the time between appointment and the start of training for magistrates appointed in 2025-26.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, PFI Prison Expiry and Transfer Tranche 3, what proportion of the £1.28 billion saving made in 2025/26 was achieved via procurement competitions; and how the remaining savings were achieved.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

These cost savings are not a result of actual reduction in spend, scope change or savings. This reduction in costs is the result of a change in reporting approach by National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA).

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Electronic Monitoring Expansion, what progress he has made on implementing legacy contract extensions.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) Major Projects Annual Report 2025-26 set out plans for the Electronic Monitoring Expansion Programme to expand the impact, use and efficiency of electronic monitoring as a tool for the management of offenders in the community, helping reduce re-offending and protecting the public. This programme included among other things the introduction of alcohol tagging, a new approach to Domestic Abuse Perpetrators on Licence and the Acquisitive Crime project.

NISTA’s report also sets out aims to retender the Electronic Monitoring Service, which has since been delivered. The legacy contract extensions were aligned to the Electronic Monitoring expansion programme, which has since completed, with various elements moving into national rollout or with plans to do so. As the Field and Monitoring Services and Monitoring Device and System Services contracts are now live and the implementation has concluded, the legacy contracts have all now ceased.

The latest figures on the number of individuals with Electronic Monitoring (EM) equipment (from June 2025 to June 2026) can be found here: Electronic Monitoring Statistics Publication, June 2026 - GOV.UK. Please note that EM statistics presented in this release are not directly comparable with those published before June 2025. This is due to changes in both the definition (from ‘tagged’ to ‘assigned with EM equipment’) and methodology used to classify individuals.

Publication of EM statistics was paused between June 2024 and June 2025 following the contract transition from Capita to Serco. This enabled statistical processes to be adapted for the new data source and provided time to assess data quality and accuracy. The latest published EM statistics pre-June 2025 can be found here, which show time series data from March 2017 to June 2024: Electronic Monitoring Statistics Publication, June 2024 - GOV.UK.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Electronic Monitoring Expansion, by how much has demand for Electronic Monitoring Services increased.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) Major Projects Annual Report 2025-26 set out plans for the Electronic Monitoring Expansion Programme to expand the impact, use and efficiency of electronic monitoring as a tool for the management of offenders in the community, helping reduce re-offending and protecting the public. This programme included among other things the introduction of alcohol tagging, a new approach to Domestic Abuse Perpetrators on Licence and the Acquisitive Crime project.

NISTA’s report also sets out aims to retender the Electronic Monitoring Service, which has since been delivered. The legacy contract extensions were aligned to the Electronic Monitoring expansion programme, which has since completed, with various elements moving into national rollout or with plans to do so. As the Field and Monitoring Services and Monitoring Device and System Services contracts are now live and the implementation has concluded, the legacy contracts have all now ceased.

The latest figures on the number of individuals with Electronic Monitoring (EM) equipment (from June 2025 to June 2026) can be found here: Electronic Monitoring Statistics Publication, June 2026 - GOV.UK. Please note that EM statistics presented in this release are not directly comparable with those published before June 2025. This is due to changes in both the definition (from ‘tagged’ to ‘assigned with EM equipment’) and methodology used to classify individuals.

Publication of EM statistics was paused between June 2024 and June 2025 following the contract transition from Capita to Serco. This enabled statistical processes to be adapted for the new data source and provided time to assess data quality and accuracy. The latest published EM statistics pre-June 2025 can be found here, which show time series data from March 2017 to June 2024: Electronic Monitoring Statistics Publication, June 2024 - GOV.UK.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to support people with dyslexia in the justice system.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) has a legal duty under the Equality Act 2010 to provide reasonable adjustments for users with disabilities, including dyslexia.

HMCTS supports court and tribunal users with dyslexia and autism through its reasonable adjustment process. The type of reasonable adjustments we can provide to support users with dyslexia and or autism include:

• providing our forms in Alternative formats such as large print;

• providing our guidance in audio or easy read;

• allowing more time to explain procedures;

• offering to read forms and leaflets out to our users;

• allowing more time in hearings;

• allowing a close relative or carer to accompany the person;

• consider appointing an intermediary to help communication;

• explanations and instructions given slowly and clearly;

• fully or partially remote hearings; and,

• speaking slowly and allowing extra time to answer.

HMCTS is a member of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower network to help people visiting court and tribunal buildings who may need additional support. Users who choose to wear the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower are discreetly indicating they need additional support, help or a little more time. Court and tribunal staff know how to recognise the Sunflower lanyard and may ask what we can do to help. Sunflower lanyards are available in all our buildings free of charge.

Users are encouraged to contact HMCTS to discuss any particular adjustments so that the support can be tailored to their individual needs. Staff will sensitively ask those needing reasonable adjustments what support they need.

The Equal Treatment Bench Book, published by Judicial College (Equal Treatment Bench Book - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary) contains guidance on fair treatment, equality issues and general information on disability issues and religion for judges. It includes information on dyslexia and autism and how to support court and tribunal users.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to support autistic people in the justice system.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) has a legal duty under the Equality Act 2010 to provide reasonable adjustments for users with disabilities, including dyslexia.

HMCTS supports court and tribunal users with dyslexia and autism through its reasonable adjustment process. The type of reasonable adjustments we can provide to support users with dyslexia and or autism include:

• providing our forms in Alternative formats such as large print;

• providing our guidance in audio or easy read;

• allowing more time to explain procedures;

• offering to read forms and leaflets out to our users;

• allowing more time in hearings;

• allowing a close relative or carer to accompany the person;

• consider appointing an intermediary to help communication;

• explanations and instructions given slowly and clearly;

• fully or partially remote hearings; and,

• speaking slowly and allowing extra time to answer.

HMCTS is a member of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower network to help people visiting court and tribunal buildings who may need additional support. Users who choose to wear the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower are discreetly indicating they need additional support, help or a little more time. Court and tribunal staff know how to recognise the Sunflower lanyard and may ask what we can do to help. Sunflower lanyards are available in all our buildings free of charge.

Users are encouraged to contact HMCTS to discuss any particular adjustments so that the support can be tailored to their individual needs. Staff will sensitively ask those needing reasonable adjustments what support they need.

The Equal Treatment Bench Book, published by Judicial College (Equal Treatment Bench Book - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary) contains guidance on fair treatment, equality issues and general information on disability issues and religion for judges. It includes information on dyslexia and autism and how to support court and tribunal users.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2026 to Question 10783 on HMP Liverpool: Prison Accommodation, what the planned completion date is for the new places at HMP Liverpool.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Due to the impact of the original contractor ISG Ltd entering administration, the project has been delayed. A new contractor has been identified and we are working to confirm a new contractual programme, following which timelines will be updated.

The scope is a full wing by wing refurbishment to bring all cells up to current technical standards and bring previously out of use cells back into use. The works include (not exclusive list) damp remediation, door replacement, window upgrade and security grilles, internal cell furniture upgrade and redecoration, safety netting replacement, floor replacement where needed and system upgrades. The scope also includes a range of works relating to ancillaries such as provision of a new workshop to provide uplift in activity places associated with the prisoner uplift.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average duration of judicial review proceedings relating to major planning decisions in each of the last five years.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice routinely publishes data on judicial review cases in England and Wales as part of the Civil Justice statistics quarterly bulletin (Civil justice statistics quarterly - GOV.UK). The consolidated figures for all judicial review cases since 2000 are available at the “Civil Justice and Judicial Review data (zip file)” link.

The average duration of completed judicial review cases categorised as significant planning court claims in each of the last five years is as follows: 204 days in 2021, 233 days in 2022, 226 days in 2023, 244 days in 2024, and 205 days in 2025.

The proportion of completed judicial review claims relating to planning decisions which have been successful in each of the last years is as follows;

These estimates take into account those cases categorised as significant planning court claims and other planning cases.

It is worth noting that the 2025 figures are unlikely to be the final figures, since more recent cases will need time to work their way through the judicial review process.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the press release entitled Crackdown on baseless legal claims to get Britain building, published on 16 July 2026, whether his Department plans to publish an evaluation of the impact of judicial review reforms within two years of their implementation.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

In its response to the Nuclear Regulatory Review, published on 16 March 2026, the Government committed to consulting on extending recent judicial review reforms for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects to other planning regimes. As part of that commitment, the Ministry of Justice published the consultation Judicial Review Reforms Beyond Nationally Significant Infrastructure on 16 July 2026.

The consultation sought evidence on the potential benefits, risks and practical implications of further reform. The consultation closed on 27 August 2026, and the Government is currently considering the responses received, including any evidence provided on the potential impacts for resourcing and access to justice. It has not yet taken any decisions on the further reforms consulted upon, including any associated monitoring and evaluation arrangements. It will set out its position in due course.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government's press release entitled Crackdown on baseless legal claims to get Britain building, published on 16 July 2026, what evidence the Department has relied upon in concluding that meritless legal challenges are causing significant delays to major developments.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

In 2024, Lord Banner KC published an independent review into legal challenges against Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs). This review examined available case data and drew on extensive engagement with stakeholders across the NSIP regime, including government departments, developers, environmental organisations, representative bodies, legal practitioners and members of the judiciary.

Lord Banner's review examined concerns that unmeritorious legal challenges to Development Consent Orders were causing significant undue delay to the delivery of NSIPs. It found that, whilst relatively few legal challenges to NSIPs were successful in overturning development consent decisions, claims took around 16 months on average to reach a conclusion. The review concluded that this created a significant period of uncertainty for projects, with associated cost implications and delivery risks.

As a result of this review, in 2025, the Government issued a call for evidence on Lord Banner’s findings and recommendations to gather a broader evidence base before taking decisions on reform. Following consideration of the responses received, the Government implemented a package of legislative and procedural reforms for NSIP judicial reviews through the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 and associated changes to the Civil Procedure Rules.

Separately, the 2025 Nuclear Regulatory Review identified concerns that repetitive or unmeritorious legal challenges can delay nuclear developments and found that repeated challenges across planning, licensing and permitting stages can create uncertainty, increase costs and risk undermining timely project delivery. As part of its response to the Review, the Government committed to extending the NSIP judicial review reforms to nuclear site licensing and environmental permitting decisions, and also to consulting on whether these reforms should be extended to other planning regimes.

On 16 July 2026, the Ministry of Justice launched a consultation which sought evidence on the potential benefits, risks and practical implications of reform in other planning regimes. The consultation closed on 27 August 2026 and the Department is currently considering the responses received, including evidence on whether delays associated with legal challenges are occurring in other planning regimes.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his department has conducted any research regarding why 96% of the prison population are male, and what measures are being considered to try and reduce the proportion of men offending.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

We know that men make up the majority of those who come into contact with the criminal justice system and are disproportionately represented among offenders committing the most serious crimes. As these offences are more likely to attract custodial sentences and longer periods in custody, men make up the overwhelming majority of the prison population.

We are committed to addressing the drivers of offending and reducing reoffending to protect the public and build safer communities. Our approach is guided by the evidence on what works to reduce reoffending, and we work with local services and partners across government to support offenders in custody and the community to secure employment and stable accommodation, access treatment for drug and alcohol misuse, and develop the skills and behaviours needed to move away from crime.

More broadly, the Government’s work to improve outcomes for men and boys across the country is continuing, including in areas such as education, employment, mental health and wellbeing. Supporting positive outcomes across these areas can help address some of the wider factors associated with offending and reoffending.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure Local Criminal Justice Boards can access local electronic monitoring data, specifically (a) individuals subject to monitoring, (b) outstanding tagging installations, (c) breach notifications and officer alerts, and (d) enforcement outcomes following breaches.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Current Local Criminal Justice Board guidance encourages criminal justice partners to share the data and analysis that the Boards need to understand local performance, emerging trends and cross-system challenges.

Sir Brian Leveson’s Independent Review of the Criminal Courts highlighted the importance of the Boards in supporting effective local criminal justice delivery and made recommendations relating to their future role and operation. The Government is considering these recommendations as part of its wider response to the Review.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on the rollout of Rapid Deployment Cells across the prison estate.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

As set out in the December 2024 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, we are committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places and aim to do so by 2031; we have already delivered c.3,300 of these since taking office.

As of 1 September 2026, the Rapid Deployment Cells Programme has delivered c.1,000 prison places.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his department's policy to raise mandatory sentences of a) sex offences and b) domestic violence offences.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

We have a comprehensive framework of offences to deal with a range of sexual and domestic abuse offending, supported by robust maximum penalties, including life imprisonment for the most serious offences. These penalties reflect the gravity with which such offending is treated.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, PFI Prison Expiry and Transfer Tranche 3, whether he has re-procured the Prison Operator Services Framework.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice is currently in the process of establishing Prison Operator Services Framework 2 (POSF2) following the expiry of the first generation of the Prison Operator Services Framework in July 2025. The procurement process was launched in March 2026 and is still live with formal award not due until early 2027.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons offer the provision of braille transcription services for individuals with visual impairments.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Braille translation services are available in publicly operated prisons through the national translation and transcription contract, which is currently held by thebigword Group Limited. Privately managed prisons must have arrangements in place using either this national contract or equivalent arrangements.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Early Release Scheme on (a) local probation services, (b) policing and (c) housing on the Isle of Wight.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Sentencing Act 2026 reforms will result in certain offenders being released from custody earlier through the Progression Model. The Government has assessed the impact of the Sentencing Act 2026 reforms through its published Impact Assessment and is working with probation, policing and local partners to manage implementation, including on the Isle of Wight. The Impact Assessment can be accessed here: Sentencing Act Impact Assessment.

This Government is committed to ensuring the Probation Service has the capacity it needs to manage offenders safely in the community, including those released on licence from October 2026. We are investing up to £700 million in probation and community services by the final year of the spending review period to support the expansion of tagging, accommodation provision and increasing capacity. We have committed to onboarding at least 1,300 more trainee probation officers in 2026/27. This builds on the success of previous years’ campaigns with 1,057 trainees onboarded in 2024/25, and 1,389 in 2025/26.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will develop a national strategy to help reduce assaults on prison officers.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Prison Service has a National Safety Strategy Framework in place which sets out the approach to reducing violence by identifying and addressing the drivers of harm and preventing harm to others.

Governors are required to have prison-level safety strategies in place to effectively manage the risks of violence, which are grounded in an understanding of the drivers of harm and the risks in their prisons, using the National Safety Strategy Framework as a guide for their development.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for coronial inquiries of the 150 suspected domestic abuse-related suicides recorded by the NPCC Domestic Homicide Project; and what plans he has to ensure inquests routinely consider histories of coercive control.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

By law, coroners must open an investigation and conduct an inquest into any death which they suspect to have been unnatural or violent. This will include cases where the death may have been the result of self-harm.

However, coroners are independent judges and, as such, their decisions on the issues and evidence they need to consider in an individual case (i.e. its scope) are a matter for them. In individual cases, the findings of any Domestic Homicide Review will be provided to the coroner and may form part of the evidence considered in the inquest.

The Chief Coroner of England and Wales has provided extensive guidance for coroners to support them in those decisions. Chapter 7 of the Guidance for Coroners on the Bench addresses the issue of scope (Scope of the inquest - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary). As judges, coroners are also guided and bound by statute and the significant case law on the matter of scope.

Coroners are trained by the Judicial College, which trains all judges and is independent of government. As set out in the action plan accompanying volume 2 of the Government’s VAWG Strategy Freedom from violence and abuse (Freedom from violence and abuse volume 2: action plan (accessible) - GOV.UK), published in December 2025, the 2025/26 training programme for coroners included the sharing of experience and best practice in investigating deaths where domestic abuse is believed to be a factor.

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Found: The MoJ oversees the justice system, with HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) administering asylum

Found: The MoJ oversees the justice system, with HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) administering asylum

Found: The MoJ oversees the justice system, with HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) administering asylum

Found: The MoJ oversees the justice system, with HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) administering asylum

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Found: Minister Kabawat: The Ministry of Justice is working very hard on this, and they have a committee.

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Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Victims, Violence Against Women and Girls, and International Justice on the potential correlation between dangerous driving and coercive control.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Department works across Government to tackle violence against women and girls, including with the Ministry of Justice. As part of this work, Lilian Greenwood, then Minister for Local Transport, discussed dangerous driving as a means of coercive control with Alex Davies-Jones MP, then Minister for Victims, in October 2025.

The Government's ‘Freedom from Violence and Abuse: a cross-government strategy’ includes a commitment to work to disqualify violence against women and girls offenders who have used vehicles as part of their offending behaviour or criminal acts, using existing powers. This reflects evidence that vehicles can be used in individual cases as a means of control, intimidation, harassment or abuse.

The Government has further committed to working with National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) on a strategy designed to look at opportunities to target violence against women and girls through roads policing. This important work is part of the Roads Policing Innovation Programme, a commitment under the Government's wider Road Safety Strategy.

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department monitors the amount of food waste generated by its offices each month.

Answered by Andy Slaughter - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)

The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) does not individually monitor the amount of food waste. The AGO is located in a shared building where facilities management is overseen by the Ministry of Justice.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to support police officers in tackling knife crime amongst young adults.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

Preventing children and young people from becoming involved in knife crime while supporting the police to tackle offending where it occurs, is central to our mission to halve knife crime in a decade and to make our streets safer. Protecting Lives, Building Hope: A Plan to Halve Knife Crime details the full range of measures that Government is taking to tackle the root causes of knife crime among young people and to strengthen enforcement.

In February 2026, the Home Office and Ministry of Justice announced new action to tackle child knife possession. The new guidance, which came into force on 1 April 2026, ensures that Police and Youth Justice Services work together so that every child caught carrying a knife is given a mandatory targeted plan to address the root causes of their offending and help prevent further offending.

We are also supporting early intervention and prevention by investing over £66 million in the Serious Violence Reduction Programme and the Serious Violence Duty this financial year. This funding will help continue the work of Violence Reduction Units, which bring together local partners to understand and tackle the drivers of serious violence in their areas, and will support the Young Futures Panel pilots, which identify young people at risk of being drawn into crime and provide early, targeted and diversionary support.

Our new Knife Crime Concentrations Fund will also invest £26.25 million this year to strengthen enforcement and prevention in the areas most affected by knife crime. Building on last year's hyperlocal knife crime pilots, we are expanding this approach across 27 police force areas, which together account for around 90% of knife crime in England and Wales. This funding will support police forces and local partners to work together to identify and tackle the specific factors driving knife crime in the locations most affected, enabling targeted and evidence-led interventions.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she is taking to prevent knife crime amongst young people.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

Preventing children and young people from becoming involved in knife crime while supporting the police to tackle offending where it occurs, is central to our mission to halve knife crime in a decade and to make our streets safer. Protecting Lives, Building Hope: A Plan to Halve Knife Crime details the full range of measures that Government is taking to tackle the root causes of knife crime among young people and to strengthen enforcement.

In February 2026, the Home Office and Ministry of Justice announced new action to tackle child knife possession. The new guidance, which came into force on 1 April 2026, ensures that Police and Youth Justice Services work together so that every child caught carrying a knife is given a mandatory targeted plan to address the root causes of their offending and help prevent further offending.

We are also supporting early intervention and prevention by investing over £66 million in the Serious Violence Reduction Programme and the Serious Violence Duty this financial year. This funding will help continue the work of Violence Reduction Units, which bring together local partners to understand and tackle the drivers of serious violence in their areas, and will support the Young Futures Panel pilots, which identify young people at risk of being drawn into crime and provide early, targeted and diversionary support.

Our new Knife Crime Concentrations Fund will also invest £26.25 million this year to strengthen enforcement and prevention in the areas most affected by knife crime. Building on last year's hyperlocal knife crime pilots, we are expanding this approach across 27 police force areas, which together account for around 90% of knife crime in England and Wales. This funding will support police forces and local partners to work together to identify and tackle the specific factors driving knife crime in the locations most affected, enabling targeted and evidence-led interventions.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what cross-government work is taking place to help reduce harms associated with controlled drugs.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

Across Government we are taking a range of action to prevent drug use, improve treatment and recovery support, and support enforcement partners to tackle drug supply.

Each of the departments involved in this work is contributing to reducing harms. In the Home Office we have legislated to control harmful new synthetic opioids, with further controls due to be laid in Parliament soon, we have legislated to expand police powers in relation to drug testing on arrest to enable more people to be diverted into treatment where appropriate and we are making good progress in our work with partner countries to stem the source, target supply routes and secure the UK border.

We are investing £3.4bn in treatment and recovery over the next three years and in DHSC there is a strong focus on further improving the quality of treatment, reducing drug and alcohol related deaths and working closely with MoJ on treatment for those in the criminal justice system, including through improving continuity of care between prison and the community.

DWP and DHSC’s Individual Placement Support programme provides tailored help to those in treatment for drug or alcohol dependency to get into paid work. In DfE the new RSHE curriculum is in place from this term, supporting the mandatory requirement for education on the harms of drugs.

MHCLG are leading delivery of the Prime Minister’s commitment to end rough sleeping and working closely with DHSC to improve treatment access and recovery outcomes for people experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping through the Rough Sleeping Drug and Alcohol Treatment (RSDAT) and Housing Support programmes.

The cross-government Joint Combating Drugs Unit (JCDU) works closely with departments to ensure a coordinated, whole-system approach at a national level and with Combating Drugs Partnerships (CDPs) in every area of the country to support a joined-up approach at local level. A recent independent evaluation found that CDPs have strengthened multi-agency working with strong leadership and clear governance key to success (www.gov.uk/government/publications/process-evaluation-of-combating-drugs-partnerships/process-evaluation-of-combating-drugs-partnerships).

I have asked Dame Carol Black, our independent advisor on drugs, to undertake a programme of work to improve our understanding of the opportunities and challenges.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many prosecutions related to school attendance offences were brought in England in each year, over the last three academic years.

Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes statistics on prosecutions, convictions and sentencing results at criminal courts in England for offences relating to school attendance. This data is available through the Outcomes by Offence data tool which shows how many people have been prosecuted each year and the All Offences data tool which shows how many cases have been prosecuted each year. To see data for school attendance offences select Home Office Offence codes 11203 and 11204, and to calculate the number per academic year select monthly breakdowns.

The Outcomes by Offence data tool and All Offences data tool can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-march-2026.

The MoJ does not publish a breakdown of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing results for Cornwall. However, users can extract monthly figures for the Devon and Cornwall Police Force Area.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many prosecutions related to school attendance offences were brought in Cornwall in each year, over the last three academic years.

Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes statistics on prosecutions, convictions and sentencing results at criminal courts in England for offences relating to school attendance. This data is available through the Outcomes by Offence data tool which shows how many people have been prosecuted each year and the All Offences data tool which shows how many cases have been prosecuted each year. To see data for school attendance offences select Home Office Offence codes 11203 and 11204, and to calculate the number per academic year select monthly breakdowns.

The Outcomes by Offence data tool and All Offences data tool can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-march-2026.

The MoJ does not publish a breakdown of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing results for Cornwall. However, users can extract monthly figures for the Devon and Cornwall Police Force Area.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many prosecutions for school attendance offences in England in each of the last three academic years resulted in (a) a conviction, (b) a withdrawal, and (c) an unsuccessful outcome.

Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics on prosecutions, convictions and sentencing results at criminal courts in England for offences relating to school attendance.

The Outcomes by Offence data tool shows how many people have been prosecuted and convicted each year, and how many have had their cases withdrawn or received an unsuccessful outcome. The All Offences data tool shows how many cases have been prosecuted and convicted each year. To find school attendance offences, users should select Home Office offence codes 11203 and 11204. Monthly breakdowns can be used to calculate figures for each academic year.

The data does not provide figures specifically for Cornwall. However, users can extract monthly figures for the Devon and Cornwall Police Force Area. This area covers a wider geographical area than Cornwall and cannot be used to provide a Cornwall-only figure.

The Outcomes by Offence data tool and All Offences data tool are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-march-2026.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many prosecutions for school attendance offences in Cornwall in each of the last three academic years resulted in (a) a conviction, (b) a withdrawal, and (c) an unsuccessful outcome.

Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics on prosecutions, convictions and sentencing results at criminal courts in England for offences relating to school attendance.

The Outcomes by Offence data tool shows how many people have been prosecuted and convicted each year, and how many have had their cases withdrawn or received an unsuccessful outcome. The All Offences data tool shows how many cases have been prosecuted and convicted each year. To find school attendance offences, users should select Home Office offence codes 11203 and 11204. Monthly breakdowns can be used to calculate figures for each academic year.

The data does not provide figures specifically for Cornwall. However, users can extract monthly figures for the Devon and Cornwall Police Force Area. This area covers a wider geographical area than Cornwall and cannot be used to provide a Cornwall-only figure.

The Outcomes by Offence data tool and All Offences data tool are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-march-2026.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government which recommendations of the independent ADHD Taskforce requiring action by the Department for Education, the Department for Work and Pensions and the Ministry of Justice they have accepted.

Answered by Baroness Merron - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The ADHD Taskforce’s evidence and recommendations are informing the Independent Review into the Prevalence and Support for Mental Health Conditions, ADHD and Autism, which will build on these. The final report is due to be published shortly.

The Department is working with NHS England to consider the independent ADHD Taskforce’s final report and deliver some of its recommendations, such as improving data, enhancing mental health support teams in schools, and improving commissioning.

To improve data, NHS England is implementing a national attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) data improvement plan. As part of this, NHS England first published management information on ADHD waits nationally in May 2025 and first published sub-national information in May 2026. Additionally, technical guidance has been released to integrated care boards to enhance the recording of ADHD data, aiming to improve the quality of ADHD waits data and enable more localised reporting.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what total expenditure HM Treasury projects for public sector net debt interest payments in the current financial year; and how that expenditure compares to the combined annual budgets allocated to the Ministry of Defence, the police service, and HM Prison and Probation Service.

Answered by Emma Reynolds - Chief Secretary to the Treasury

The Chancellor has been clear that fiscal discipline is his first priority. The fiscal rules keep debt on a sustainable path while allowing borrowing for investment.

Forecasts are produced independently by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The OBR’s most recent forecasts, including for debt interest costs, are available in the March 2026 Economic and Fiscal Outlook linked here: https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2026/

Departmental budgets for the Ministry of Defence, Home Office and Ministry of Justice are available in Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) 2026, which is published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-2026

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the potential financial impact of index-linked government debt interest payments relative to baseline spending on core emergency and criminal justice services.

Answered by Emma Reynolds - Chief Secretary to the Treasury

The Chancellor has been clear that fiscal discipline is his first priority. The fiscal rules keep debt on a sustainable path while allowing borrowing for investment.

Forecasts are produced independently by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The OBR’s most recent forecasts, including for debt interest costs, are available in the March 2026 Economic and Fiscal Outlook linked here: https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2026/

Departmental budgets for the Ministry of Defence, Home Office and Ministry of Justice are available in Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) 2026, which is published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-2026

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to expand targeted community-led mentoring initiatives for young people identified as vulnerable to criminal exploitation or knife crime.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

On 1 April 2026 new guidance was published by the Home Office and Ministry of Justice to ensure every child caught carrying a knife will be given a mandatory, targeted plan produced by Police and Youth Justice Services to turn them away from crime. It is estimated this will put support in place for around 1,000 children that currently get no support or intervention following being caught in possession of a knife.

We are working to improve multi-agency information sharing, The Serious Violence Duty places a legal requirement on police, local authorities, youth offending teams, health, fire and probation services to work together, analyse the drivers of serious violence in their areas and develop local strategies to tackle it. The Serious Violence Duty is supported by powers to share data and information, helping agencies identify vulnerable young people earlier and provide effective interventions before violence occurs.

The Home Office is piloting more than 50 Young Futures Panels to identify children and young people at risk of violence or exploitation and connect them to appropriate support, including mentoring and trusted adult interventions. Through the programme, local areas are supported to commission evidence-informed interventions that respond to local needs.

The 2025 independent evaluation of Violence Reduction Units found that, together with hotspot policing, they have reduced violence among under-25s, preventing an estimated 3,750 hospital admissions for violent injury and 550 admissions for assault with a sharp object since 2019.

We are also taking action in response to concerns about children being vulnerable to gang exploitation. The Home Office is funding the National County Lines Co-ordination Centre to strengthen the intelligence-led law enforcement response to county lines drug dealing and child criminal exploitation. Since July 2024, activity coordinated through the County Lines Programme has resulted in over 4,500 deal lines being closed, 12,600 arrests, 6,900 safeguarding referrals and 1,900 knives being seized. Independent evaluation found that the programme reduced hospitalisations resulting from knife stabbings by 25% across key exporter force areas.

The Government continues to encourage police forces to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Sceptre. The operation includes targeted stop and searches, weapon sweeps of hotspot areas, surrender of knives, including through amnesty bins, test purchases of knives from retailers, and educational events. The latest phase of Sceptre took place between 18 and 24 May 2026.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources her Department provides to police forces to carry out intelligence-led weapons sweeps and targeted interventions for young people vulnerable to gang exploitation.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

On 1 April 2026 new guidance was published by the Home Office and Ministry of Justice to ensure every child caught carrying a knife will be given a mandatory, targeted plan produced by Police and Youth Justice Services to turn them away from crime. It is estimated this will put support in place for around 1,000 children that currently get no support or intervention following being caught in possession of a knife.

We are working to improve multi-agency information sharing, The Serious Violence Duty places a legal requirement on police, local authorities, youth offending teams, health, fire and probation services to work together, analyse the drivers of serious violence in their areas and develop local strategies to tackle it. The Serious Violence Duty is supported by powers to share data and information, helping agencies identify vulnerable young people earlier and provide effective interventions before violence occurs.

The Home Office is piloting more than 50 Young Futures Panels to identify children and young people at risk of violence or exploitation and connect them to appropriate support, including mentoring and trusted adult interventions. Through the programme, local areas are supported to commission evidence-informed interventions that respond to local needs.

The 2025 independent evaluation of Violence Reduction Units found that, together with hotspot policing, they have reduced violence among under-25s, preventing an estimated 3,750 hospital admissions for violent injury and 550 admissions for assault with a sharp object since 2019.

We are also taking action in response to concerns about children being vulnerable to gang exploitation. The Home Office is funding the National County Lines Co-ordination Centre to strengthen the intelligence-led law enforcement response to county lines drug dealing and child criminal exploitation. Since July 2024, activity coordinated through the County Lines Programme has resulted in over 4,500 deal lines being closed, 12,600 arrests, 6,900 safeguarding referrals and 1,900 knives being seized. Independent evaluation found that the programme reduced hospitalisations resulting from knife stabbings by 25% across key exporter force areas.

The Government continues to encourage police forces to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Sceptre. The operation includes targeted stop and searches, weapon sweeps of hotspot areas, surrender of knives, including through amnesty bins, test purchases of knives from retailers, and educational events. The latest phase of Sceptre took place between 18 and 24 May 2026.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of early intervention programmes in reducing youth knife possession.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

On 1 April 2026 new guidance was published by the Home Office and Ministry of Justice to ensure every child caught carrying a knife will be given a mandatory, targeted plan produced by Police and Youth Justice Services to turn them away from crime. It is estimated this will put support in place for around 1,000 children that currently get no support or intervention following being caught in possession of a knife.

We are working to improve multi-agency information sharing, The Serious Violence Duty places a legal requirement on police, local authorities, youth offending teams, health, fire and probation services to work together, analyse the drivers of serious violence in their areas and develop local strategies to tackle it. The Serious Violence Duty is supported by powers to share data and information, helping agencies identify vulnerable young people earlier and provide effective interventions before violence occurs.

The Home Office is piloting more than 50 Young Futures Panels to identify children and young people at risk of violence or exploitation and connect them to appropriate support, including mentoring and trusted adult interventions. Through the programme, local areas are supported to commission evidence-informed interventions that respond to local needs.

The 2025 independent evaluation of Violence Reduction Units found that, together with hotspot policing, they have reduced violence among under-25s, preventing an estimated 3,750 hospital admissions for violent injury and 550 admissions for assault with a sharp object since 2019.

We are also taking action in response to concerns about children being vulnerable to gang exploitation. The Home Office is funding the National County Lines Co-ordination Centre to strengthen the intelligence-led law enforcement response to county lines drug dealing and child criminal exploitation. Since July 2024, activity coordinated through the County Lines Programme has resulted in over 4,500 deal lines being closed, 12,600 arrests, 6,900 safeguarding referrals and 1,900 knives being seized. Independent evaluation found that the programme reduced hospitalisations resulting from knife stabbings by 25% across key exporter force areas.

The Government continues to encourage police forces to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Sceptre. The operation includes targeted stop and searches, weapon sweeps of hotspot areas, surrender of knives, including through amnesty bins, test purchases of knives from retailers, and educational events. The latest phase of Sceptre took place between 18 and 24 May 2026.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve multi-agency information sharing between police forces, local authorities, schools and Youth Offending Teams.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

On 1 April 2026 new guidance was published by the Home Office and Ministry of Justice to ensure every child caught carrying a knife will be given a mandatory, targeted plan produced by Police and Youth Justice Services to turn them away from crime. It is estimated this will put support in place for around 1,000 children that currently get no support or intervention following being caught in possession of a knife.

We are working to improve multi-agency information sharing, The Serious Violence Duty places a legal requirement on police, local authorities, youth offending teams, health, fire and probation services to work together, analyse the drivers of serious violence in their areas and develop local strategies to tackle it. The Serious Violence Duty is supported by powers to share data and information, helping agencies identify vulnerable young people earlier and provide effective interventions before violence occurs.

The Home Office is piloting more than 50 Young Futures Panels to identify children and young people at risk of violence or exploitation and connect them to appropriate support, including mentoring and trusted adult interventions. Through the programme, local areas are supported to commission evidence-informed interventions that respond to local needs.

The 2025 independent evaluation of Violence Reduction Units found that, together with hotspot policing, they have reduced violence among under-25s, preventing an estimated 3,750 hospital admissions for violent injury and 550 admissions for assault with a sharp object since 2019.

We are also taking action in response to concerns about children being vulnerable to gang exploitation. The Home Office is funding the National County Lines Co-ordination Centre to strengthen the intelligence-led law enforcement response to county lines drug dealing and child criminal exploitation. Since July 2024, activity coordinated through the County Lines Programme has resulted in over 4,500 deal lines being closed, 12,600 arrests, 6,900 safeguarding referrals and 1,900 knives being seized. Independent evaluation found that the programme reduced hospitalisations resulting from knife stabbings by 25% across key exporter force areas.

The Government continues to encourage police forces to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Sceptre. The operation includes targeted stop and searches, weapon sweeps of hotspot areas, surrender of knives, including through amnesty bins, test purchases of knives from retailers, and educational events. The latest phase of Sceptre took place between 18 and 24 May 2026.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of young people carrying offensive weapons.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

On 1 April 2026 new guidance was published by the Home Office and Ministry of Justice to ensure every child caught carrying a knife will be given a mandatory, targeted plan produced by Police and Youth Justice Services to turn them away from crime. It is estimated this will put support in place for around 1,000 children that currently get no support or intervention following being caught in possession of a knife.

We are working to improve multi-agency information sharing, The Serious Violence Duty places a legal requirement on police, local authorities, youth offending teams, health, fire and probation services to work together, analyse the drivers of serious violence in their areas and develop local strategies to tackle it. The Serious Violence Duty is supported by powers to share data and information, helping agencies identify vulnerable young people earlier and provide effective interventions before violence occurs.

The Home Office is piloting more than 50 Young Futures Panels to identify children and young people at risk of violence or exploitation and connect them to appropriate support, including mentoring and trusted adult interventions. Through the programme, local areas are supported to commission evidence-informed interventions that respond to local needs.

The 2025 independent evaluation of Violence Reduction Units found that, together with hotspot policing, they have reduced violence among under-25s, preventing an estimated 3,750 hospital admissions for violent injury and 550 admissions for assault with a sharp object since 2019.

We are also taking action in response to concerns about children being vulnerable to gang exploitation. The Home Office is funding the National County Lines Co-ordination Centre to strengthen the intelligence-led law enforcement response to county lines drug dealing and child criminal exploitation. Since July 2024, activity coordinated through the County Lines Programme has resulted in over 4,500 deal lines being closed, 12,600 arrests, 6,900 safeguarding referrals and 1,900 knives being seized. Independent evaluation found that the programme reduced hospitalisations resulting from knife stabbings by 25% across key exporter force areas.

The Government continues to encourage police forces to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Sceptre. The operation includes targeted stop and searches, weapon sweeps of hotspot areas, surrender of knives, including through amnesty bins, test purchases of knives from retailers, and educational events. The latest phase of Sceptre took place between 18 and 24 May 2026.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of potential merits of introducing (a) additional oversight and (b) inspection of local authority SEND services where there is evidence of systemic delays or repeated findings against authorities at the SEND Tribunal.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The department holds local authorities to account in delivering their responsibilities on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Where failure is persistent, the department may intervene directly, using statutory powers and improvement partners to support service improvement.

Area SEND inspections also help make sure local services are meeting the needs of children and young people with SEND. There will be a full consultation on proposed changes to the Area SEND inspection framework too, looking at changes to inspection as a result of changes to roles, responsibilities and statutory duties of local area partners and wider SEND reforms.

In our ‘SEND Reform: Putting children and young people first’ consultation, we proposed measures to improve local authorities’ future decision-making and transparency around Tribunal outcomes. This included proposals to publish an annual SEND Tribunal outcomes dashboard and introduce new requirements on local authorities following Tribunal judgments, for example to publish regular summaries of judgments made against them. We are currently considering all consultation feedback and will publish final proposals in due course.

The Ministry of Justice publishes information about the number of SEND Tribunal cases, including the number of cases conceded, in the SEND Tribunal Tables.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve transparency and accountability in local authority SEND decision-making where concerns have been raised regarding delays in providing statutory support.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The department holds local authorities to account in delivering their responsibilities on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Where failure is persistent, the department may intervene directly, using statutory powers and improvement partners to support service improvement.

Area SEND inspections also help make sure local services are meeting the needs of children and young people with SEND. There will be a full consultation on proposed changes to the Area SEND inspection framework too, looking at changes to inspection as a result of changes to roles, responsibilities and statutory duties of local area partners and wider SEND reforms.

In our ‘SEND Reform: Putting children and young people first’ consultation, we proposed measures to improve local authorities’ future decision-making and transparency around Tribunal outcomes. This included proposals to publish an annual SEND Tribunal outcomes dashboard and introduce new requirements on local authorities following Tribunal judgments, for example to publish regular summaries of judgments made against them. We are currently considering all consultation feedback and will publish final proposals in due course.

The Ministry of Justice publishes information about the number of SEND Tribunal cases, including the number of cases conceded, in the SEND Tribunal Tables.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of the proportion of Education, Health and Care Plan appeals conceded immediately prior to SEND Tribunal hearings; and if she will publish data on the number of such cases and the average length of time children waited for provision before concessions were made.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The department holds local authorities to account in delivering their responsibilities on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Where failure is persistent, the department may intervene directly, using statutory powers and improvement partners to support service improvement.

Area SEND inspections also help make sure local services are meeting the needs of children and young people with SEND. There will be a full consultation on proposed changes to the Area SEND inspection framework too, looking at changes to inspection as a result of changes to roles, responsibilities and statutory duties of local area partners and wider SEND reforms.

In our ‘SEND Reform: Putting children and young people first’ consultation, we proposed measures to improve local authorities’ future decision-making and transparency around Tribunal outcomes. This included proposals to publish an annual SEND Tribunal outcomes dashboard and introduce new requirements on local authorities following Tribunal judgments, for example to publish regular summaries of judgments made against them. We are currently considering all consultation feedback and will publish final proposals in due course.

The Ministry of Justice publishes information about the number of SEND Tribunal cases, including the number of cases conceded, in the SEND Tribunal Tables.

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what protocols are currently in place with (a) the Ministry of Justice and (b) the Home Office to identify individuals at immediate risk of homelessness prior to their discharge from prison or exit from asylum accommodation.

Answered by Florence Eshalomi - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Our National Plan to End Homelessness sets out a long-term ambition that no one should leave a public institution into homelessness.

Alongside the Ministry of Justice we have to committed to a 50% reduction in the proportion of people who become homeless on their first night out of prison and are subject to probation supervision by the end of this Parliament. We will also deliver an overall increase in the number of prison leavers in settled accommodation at 3 months after release and thereafter by the end of this Parliament.

We will achieve this by embedding as standard practice local partnerships, co-location and pre-release planning. We will also continue to invest in integrating digital community accommodation services, maximising artificial intelligence opportunities and automating information sharing to identify and match individuals to the right housing-related support and accommodation at the right time.

The Home Office has also committed to ensuring councils receive information from asylum accommodation providers for 100% of newly granted refugees at risk of homelessness, to enable councils to commence a homelessness assessment.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many EHC Plans were successfully appealed at the First-Tier Tribunal on SEND each year between 2015/16 and 2025/25 in a) East Sussex and b) England.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The department publishes information on education, health and care (EHC) plans annually in the ‘Education, health and care plans’ statistical publication, available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans. This includes national and local authority level information on EHC needs assessments and tribunals.

Information on the number of EHC needs assessments appealed at the First-tier Tribunal between 2022 and 2025 is available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/3895e9b5-a83e-426e-2dfe-08df07a6df71. Information is not available for earlier dates.

Information on the total number of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal is published as a supporting file to the EHC plans statistical publication. The latest edition of the publication (2026) provides information for 2024 and 2025. Earlier data can be found in the 2025 edition of the publication.

Information on the outcome of appeals to First-tier Tribunals, by type, is not currently held by the department. The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Tribunal cases disposed of, as well as outcomes, in the SEND Tribunal Tables.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many EHC Needs Assessments decisions were successfully appealed at the First-Tier Tribunal on SEND each year between 2015/16 and 2025/25 in a) East Sussex and b) England.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The department publishes information on education, health and care (EHC) plans annually in the ‘Education, health and care plans’ statistical publication, available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans. This includes national and local authority level information on EHC needs assessments and tribunals.

Information on the number of EHC needs assessments appealed at the First-tier Tribunal between 2022 and 2025 is available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/3895e9b5-a83e-426e-2dfe-08df07a6df71. Information is not available for earlier dates.

Information on the total number of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal is published as a supporting file to the EHC plans statistical publication. The latest edition of the publication (2026) provides information for 2024 and 2025. Earlier data can be found in the 2025 edition of the publication.

Information on the outcome of appeals to First-tier Tribunals, by type, is not currently held by the department. The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Tribunal cases disposed of, as well as outcomes, in the SEND Tribunal Tables.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many EHC Needs Assessment decisions were appealed to the First-Tier Tribunal on SEND each year between 2015/16 and 2025/25 in a) East Sussex and b) England.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The department publishes information on education, health and care (EHC) plans annually in the ‘Education, health and care plans’ statistical publication, available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans. This includes national and local authority level information on EHC needs assessments and tribunals.

Information on the number of EHC needs assessments appealed at the First-tier Tribunal between 2022 and 2025 is available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/3895e9b5-a83e-426e-2dfe-08df07a6df71. Information is not available for earlier dates.

Information on the total number of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal is published as a supporting file to the EHC plans statistical publication. The latest edition of the publication (2026) provides information for 2024 and 2025. Earlier data can be found in the 2025 edition of the publication.

Information on the outcome of appeals to First-tier Tribunals, by type, is not currently held by the department. The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Tribunal cases disposed of, as well as outcomes, in the SEND Tribunal Tables.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many EHC Plans were appealed to the First-Tier Tribunal on SEND each year between 2015/16 and 2025/25 in a) East Sussex and b) England.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The department publishes information on education, health and care (EHC) plans annually in the ‘Education, health and care plans’ statistical publication, available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans. This includes national and local authority level information on EHC needs assessments and tribunals.

Information on the number of EHC needs assessments appealed at the First-tier Tribunal between 2022 and 2025 is available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/3895e9b5-a83e-426e-2dfe-08df07a6df71. Information is not available for earlier dates.

Information on the total number of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal is published as a supporting file to the EHC plans statistical publication. The latest edition of the publication (2026) provides information for 2024 and 2025. Earlier data can be found in the 2025 edition of the publication.

Information on the outcome of appeals to First-tier Tribunals, by type, is not currently held by the department. The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Tribunal cases disposed of, as well as outcomes, in the SEND Tribunal Tables.

Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list each industrial dispute live within his Department, including the nature of the dispute and level of industrial action.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Secretary of State for Wales

None. The Wales Office is not an employer in its own right and all staff are employed by the Ministry of Justice.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of late concessions by local authorities in Special Education Needs and Disabilities Tribunal cases, and whether she will commission an independent audit of the length of the time children were left without provision in cases where late concessions were made.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The Ministry of Justice publishes information about the number of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Tribunal cases disposed of as well as outcomes, including the number of cases conceded, in the SEND Tribunal Tables.

In the department’s recent ‘SEND Reform: Putting children and young people first’ consultation, we set out proposals to ensure that the new system supports families to resolve any disagreements as early and collaboratively as possible, so children and young people can access the right provision quickly. This includes improving complaints processes and strengthening mediation, reducing the need for an appeal to the Tribunal.

To improve transparency around tribunal outcomes, we also propose to publish an annual SEND tribunal outcomes dashboard, providing anonymised information on the outcomes of tribunal cases by local authority. The department is currently considering all consultation feedback and will publish final proposals in due course.

Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Justice Impact Test for the draft Conversion Practices Bill will be completed; and what estimate she has made of the annual costs arising from (a) police investigations, (b) Crown Prosecution Service work, (c) legal aid, (d) court proceedings, (e) imprisonment, (f) probation and (g) applications for and breaches of Conversion Practice Protection Orders.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government published its Economic Impact Assessment alongside the draft Conversion Practices Bill, which can be found here. We will continue to update the Economic Impact Assessment after pre-legislative scrutiny concludes and in the light of new evidence and analysis, as is usual in all policy processes.

We are currently working closely with the Ministry of Justice on the Justice Impact Test to assess the impacts on the justice system.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisations have (a) had departmental Civil Servants seconded to HMRC and the Valuation Office since July 2024 and (b) seconded organisational staff to HMRC and the Valuation Office in that period.

Answered by James Murray - Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General

Since July 2024, HMRC civil servants have been seconded to the following organisations:
• Gambling Commission
• Office for Environmental Protection
• St Helena Government
• Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA)
• Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
• Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
• Nesta
• Pubs Code Adjudicator
• TaxAid
• Resolution Foundation
• Bank of England
• London School of Economics
• National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
• GCHQ
• University College London (UCL)
• Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
• British Indian Ocean Territory
• Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR)
• St James's Palace
• National Crime Agency (NCA)
• Falkland Islands Government
• Alexander Mann Solutions
• UK Government Investments
• Isle of Man Government
• Arts Council NI
• HMG Gibraltar
• Financial Ombudsman Service

The VOA seconded out civil servants to:
• HM Treasury
• LocatEd (then an arms-length body of the Department for Education).

During the same period, HMRC has received inward secondees from:
• the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
• Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
• Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
• Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP)
• Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT)
• Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

The VOA received inward secondees from:
• Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
• Department for Transport (DfT)
• HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS)
• Home Office (HO)
• Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
• Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
• Food Standards Agency (FSA)
• HM Land Registry
• Ministry of Defence (MOD)
• Legal Aid Agency
• HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS)
• HM Treasury
• LocatED

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Found: Samuel Hales Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice Analytical Series 2026 CAS-2 Process

Found: The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) works closely with DHSC to ensure referral pathways are accessible for

Found: bodies, including the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department for Education and the Ministry of Justice

Found: This work is ongoing across Government, and officials from the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Justice

Found: We have visited sites in England and engaged with both Ministry of Justice and professional contractors

Found: information on their judicial systems can be found at: • England and Wales: Statistics at Ministry of Justice