Written question asked by Philip Davies (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 May 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 May 2020. It was answered by Lucy Frazer (Conservative) on Wednesday, 20 May 2020 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Prisoners: Uniforms

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent equality impact assessment he has undertaken on the application of the prison uniform policy to male and female prisoners.

Answer: In October 2018, following a comprehensive equality analysis, an interim policy change was introduced to ensure that both male and female convicted prisoners were subject to the same national policy on prison-issue clothing. This was confirmed in the Incentives Policy Framework launched on 13 January 2020. The Policy Framework requires all convicted prisoners to wear prison-issue clothing, unless the governor allows them to wear their own clothes as a privilege under their prison’s local incentive arrangements.

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