Prisoners' Transfers: Coronavirus

(asked on 21st April 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been moved from prisons in England to (a) HMP Berwyn, (b) HMP Cardiff, (c) HMP Parc, (d) HMP Swansea and (e) HMP Usk/Prescoed since the start of the covid-19 lockdown on 23 March 2020.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 27th April 2020

We are working very closely with Public Health Wales to ensure our approach to the outbreak of Covid-19 is based on the best scientific advice available. It has been agreed that normal transfer processes would be suspended temporarily in order to reduce the opportunities for inter-prison transmission of Covid-19 in Wales. At present, all transfers must be agreed by exception through HM Prison and Probation Service’s command structure.

Since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown on 23rd March, 11 prisoners and Young Persons have transferred from prisons in England to prisons in Wales. Due to the size of the data we are not able to provide a breakdown by prison.

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