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Written question asked by Philip Davies (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 November 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 23 November 2017. It was answered by Sam Gyimah (Conservative) on Wednesday, 29 November 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Prisons: Smoking

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether a risk assessment was conducted by his Department on the smoking ban in prisons before the roll-out of that ban.

Answer

The Government remains fully committed to making all prisons smoke free. The decision to go smoke free in every prison is only taken after careful planning and preparation and the final decision is only taken when each prison has met stringent checks to ensure that it is safe to do so and all necessary healthcare support is available to help prisoners give up smoking.

The national roll out of the Smoke Free Prisons project has been actively managed under usual project management disciplines.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
114792
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Prisons Smoking Risk assessment
Link
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