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Written question asked by Richard Burgon (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 December 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 December 2017. It was answered by Sam Gyimah (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 December 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Prisons: Staff

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions wings of private prisons have been closed as a result of insufficient availability of staff in each of the last five years.

Answer

This information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. We require privately managed prisons to have a sufficient number of staff to maintain a safe and secure prison. We have robust processes in place to closely monitor and manage private providers and will not hesitate to take action when standards fall short.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
119035
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Closures Private sector Prisons Staff
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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