Remand in Custody: Visits

(asked on 28th August 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people in custody had a (a) virtual visit and (b) physical visit in each custodial facility in England and Wales in August 2020.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
This question was answered on 8th September 2020

This information in relation to physical visits can only be obtained at disproportionate cost. This information is not held centrally, and so there would be a need for all prison establishments in England and Wales to check local visits records.

However, I can confirm that during the period 3 August to 30 August 2020, a total of 7,785 video calls were completed across the public sector prison establishments which were able to offer live calls. This period coincided with significant expansion of the live service across the estate.

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