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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.


National Tactical Response Group

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times and to which prisons has the National Offender Management Service’s National Tactical Response Group been deployed in each of the last five years.

Answer

The National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) provides additional support staff or resources to prisons to help them deal with a variety of incidents. The overwhelming majority of call outs are for non-violent incidents, including where they attended as a precaution and when the situation was resolved locally. NTRG deployments are detailed in the attached appendix:


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
119056
Session
2017-19
Attachment
Appendix
Related items
National Tactical Response Group
Monday, 8 January 2018
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Prisons National Tactical Response Group
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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