To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released in error from HMP Bure since July 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released in error from HMP Bure since July 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners have required (a) medical treatment and (b) emergency medical treatment at an NHS hospital at (i) HMP Parc, (ii) HMP Bure and (iii) HMP The Mount in the past 24 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners have required (a) medical treatment and (b) emergency medical treatment at an NHS hospital at (i) HMP Parc, (ii) HMP Bure and (iii) HMP The Mount in the past 24 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have caused (a) harm to themselves, (b) harm to other prisoners and (c) harm to members of the prison service in (i) HMP Parc, (ii) HMP Bure and (iii) HMP The Mount in the past 24 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have caused (a) harm to themselves, (b) harm to other prisoners and (c) harm to members of the prison service in (i) HMP Parc, (ii) HMP Bure and (iii) HMP The Mount in the past 24 months.

My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Grayling) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

The House is aware of my plans to modernise the prison estate so that we always have enough prison places for those sent to us by the courts but...

My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Grayling) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

The House is aware of my plans to modernise the prison estate so that we always have enough prison places for those sent to us by the courts but...

The House is aware of my plans to modernise the prison estate so that we always have enough prison places for those sent to us by the courts but at much lower cost and in the right places to deliver our ambitions for reducing our stubbornly high reoffending rates.

We are...

The House is aware of my plans to modernise the prison estate so that we always have enough prison places for those sent to us by the courts but at much lower cost and in the right places to deliver our ambitions for reducing our stubbornly high reoffending rates.

We are...

(2) what estimate he has made of the lifetime of (a) the new prison development at RAF Coltishall and (b) the capital construction cost per prison place per year of that lifespan.

(2) what estimate he has made of the lifetime of (a) the new prison development at RAF Coltishall and (b) the capital construction cost per prison place per year of that lifespan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to his answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, columns 80-81W, on prison accommodation, (1) what proportion of his Department's expenditure of £60 million at the former RAF Coltishall he expects to be incurred on (a) structural changes, (b) refurbishment, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to his answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, columns 80-81W, on prison accommodation, (1) what proportion of his Department's expenditure of £60 million at the former RAF Coltishall he expects to be incurred on (a) structural changes, (b) refurbishment, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department will pay to (a) the Ministry of Defence and (b) other freehold and leasehold owners of the land on which HM Prison Coltishall will be sited in each financial year in which payments will be made.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department will pay to (a) the Ministry of Defence and (b) other freehold and leasehold owners of the land on which HM Prison Coltishall will be sited in each financial year in which payments will be made.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the (a) annualised capital and (b) annual revenue cost of each prisoner place at HM Prison Coltishall throughout its planned lifetime.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the (a) annualised capital and (b) annual revenue cost of each prisoner place at HM Prison Coltishall throughout its planned lifetime.

(2) on what date his Department (a) decided to acquire, (b) acquired and (c) took unencumbered possession of RAF Coltishall; and on what date (i) construction on the site began and (ii) he expects the first prisoners to be received at HM Prison Coltishall.

(2) on what date his Department (a) decided to acquire, (b) acquired and (c) took unencumbered possession of RAF Coltishall; and on what date (i) construction on the site began and (ii) he expects the first prisoners to be received at HM Prison Coltishall.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) on what date his Department's final decision to acquire the site of RAF Coltishall for conversion into a prison was taken; and on what date construction work for conversion of the buildings commenced;

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) on what date his Department's final decision to acquire the site of RAF Coltishall for conversion into a prison was taken; and on what date construction work for conversion of the buildings commenced;

My Lords, the Minister has not answered the question posed by my noble friend Lord Thomas about why this country has the most punitive policy towards the incarceration of prisoners in the democratic European context. Will he reflect on what it is about this country that causes our prison population...

My Lords, the Minister has not answered the question posed by my noble friend Lord Thomas about why this country has the most punitive policy towards the incarceration of prisoners in the democratic European context. Will he reflect on what it is about this country that causes our prison population...

My Lords, on my noble friend’s final question, like all government departments we are, of course, doing our duty. As to his first question, it is necessary that I go away and write a letter to the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, with a response to his point. Britain...

My Lords, on my noble friend’s final question, like all government departments we are, of course, doing our duty. As to his first question, it is necessary that I go away and write a letter to the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, with a response to his point. Britain...

Lords statement on prisons and probation.

Lords statement on prisons and probation.

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat a Statement made in another place by my right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. The Statement is as follows: "With permission, Mr Speaker, I should like to make a Statement on prisons...

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat a Statement made in another place by my right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. The Statement is as follows: "With permission, Mr Speaker, I should like to make a Statement on prisons...

My Lords, in the context of the item in the Statement that speaks of savings—cuts might be a more expressive word—that the probation service will be required to make, is it not the case that probation officers spend only 25 per cent of their time on front-line work with offenders,...

My Lords, in the context of the item in the Statement that speaks of savings—cuts might be a more expressive word—that the probation service will be required to make, is it not the case that probation officers spend only 25 per cent of their time on front-line work with offenders,...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, as always. One of the explanations for this seeming paradox, as I said earlier, is that sentence lengths for most offence groups have increased. Some would say that for some offences that is not a bad thing. I seem...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, as always. One of the explanations for this seeming paradox, as I said earlier, is that sentence lengths for most offence groups have increased. Some would say that for some offences that is not a bad thing. I seem...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her comments on our response to the Corston review. Over the next two years, £15 million will be dedicated to keeping vulnerable women out of prison. Furthermore, the number of women sent to prison in the past 12 months was...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her comments on our response to the Corston review. Over the next two years, £15 million will be dedicated to keeping vulnerable women out of prison. Furthermore, the number of women sent to prison in the past 12 months was...

My Lords, my noble friend seems not to have answered the question put by the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford. If 22 other countries in Europe have far fewer people in prisons than we have, what is the reason for that? Will he give us a brief explanation? We...

My Lords, my noble friend seems not to have answered the question put by the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford. If 22 other countries in Europe have far fewer people in prisons than we have, what is the reason for that? Will he give us a brief explanation? We...

My Lords, as I said, there will not be a reduction in the Probation Service in the year ahead. However, all parts of national life are affected by our economic difficulties. I have explained why the Government feel it is necessary to imprison those who have committed persistent, serious and...

My Lords, as I said, there will not be a reduction in the Probation Service in the year ahead. However, all parts of national life are affected by our economic difficulties. I have explained why the Government feel it is necessary to imprison those who have committed persistent, serious and...