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When the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, was talking it reminded me, having been to HMP Preston, of a gentleman I saw in a cell who was exactly my age. He was rocking, he was on a 24-hour watch and moving all the time. He had a little blue monkey that was his toy. It required three staff to be permanently looking after him. He was a prolific self-harmer, accounting for 70% of the self-harm in the prison. It was clear that someone such as him should not be there, but we need the data. The data we get from the north-east health and justice hub will be very helpful in ensuring that we can get the right plans in place. My officials will be giving me quarterly data that I am happy to share with noble Lords, so that we can assess the direction of travel we are going in.