Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Helen Whately and David Lidington

Tuesday 5th December 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr Lidington]

My hon. Friend the Prisons Minister and I meet representatives of the Prison Officers Association both at national level and whenever we go to visit prisons, where we make a point of talking directly to staff and listening to their concerns. I believe that, as well as recruiting additional officers as promised, we need to ensure that anybody who attacks a prison officer is properly prosecuted, where there is good evidence available. That is what ought to happen, and I hope that the police and the Crown Prosecution Service will work with us to ensure that we get those outcomes.

[Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent) (Con)]

15. What steps he is taking to improve the management of female offenders in the criminal justice system.