Written question asked by Lord Trefgarne (Conservative) on Monday, 1 September 2014, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 September 2014. It was answered by Lord Faulks (Conservative) on Monday, 22 September 2014 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Andy Coulson

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government why Andy Coulson is being held in a top security prison.

Answer

Mr Coulson was initially located in the prison that served the court his case was being heard in. Belmarsh is a multi-functional prison; one of its roles is to hold all prisoners remanded or convicted from a number of courts.

Prisoners are assigned a security category once they have been sentenced. A prisoner cannot be allocated to a prison of the appropriate category until their risks and sentence management targets have been assessed. Once this assessment was completed Mr Coulson was allocated to a Category D prison. He was transferred to the Category D establishment on 2 September 2014.

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Type: Written question
Reference: HL1793
Session: 2014-15
Subjects: Maximum security prisons Coulson, Andy
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Andy Coulson

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