Prisons: Coronavirus

(asked on 9th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will amend the COVID-19: National Framework for Prison Regimes and Services, published on 2 June 2020, to specify that it will be an objective to establish effective contact tracing in every part of the custodial estate as soon as is practicable.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 17th June 2020

Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) has no plans to amend the Covid-19: National Framework for Prison Regimes and Services published on 2 June.

We have been working and continue to work with Public Health England/Wales (PHE/W) colleagues on contact tracing and establishing the most effective response to positive cases at establishments. We are currently finalising joint PHE/HMPPS guidance, which will set out how HMPPS will work with the new NHS Test and Trace service. This guidance will set out further steps to trace contacts for both staff and prisoners. This will be conducted as far as possible in accordance with national Test and Trace expectations but will take into account the specific requirements of the custodial environment

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