Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, further to the Answer of 14 October 2020 to Question 99603 on Prisons: Disclosure of information, which (a) trade unions and (b) other sectoral organisations (i) have been or (ii) will be consulted.
Consultation with HMPPS trade unions re-started, following a break due to the current pandemic, on 21st October 2020.
Consultation has taken place with the following trade unions: Prison Officers’ Association, Prison Governors’ Association, PCS, Prospect, GMB, FDA, Napo and Unison. Consultation and engagement has also taken place with diversity & inclusion colleagues, staff networks, nominated officers and counter corruption colleagues across the MoJ and HMPPS.