Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) Category A prisoners and (b) prisoners believed to have been radicalised will be housed in private prisons.

Across England and Wales, it is HMPPS policy that no Category A prisoners are held in private prisons. For every terrorist offender in prison and probation there are a range of capabilities to ensure robust end-to-end supervision. Risk management is underpinned by our specialist counter terrorism case management process to which all terrorist offenders, including offenders of extremist risk, are subject. We adopt a multi-agency approach, which allows risk assessments and intelligence to be shared appropriately with the police and security service. All of these measures help to manage the risk across the prison estate, including in private prisons.