Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his contribution of 8 March 2016, Official Report, column 126, in response to the hon. Member for Derby North, which recommendations of the Harris review (a) have been implemented, (b) are under consideration and (c) have been rejected.

The Government responded to the Harris review in December 2015. This document can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486564/gov-response-harris-review.pdf

The government accepted 62 of the recommendations of the Harris Review. Of these, 32 have already been implemented. Work is ongoing on a further 21 recommendations and we are considering next steps on 16 recommendations. 12 of these are being considered as part of or alongside the existing programme of prison reform.