Oral Question·Treasury
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 18 March 2020Answered: 24 March 2020
Asked by
Christian Wakeford
Labour — Bury South
Answering Minister
the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Sir Nicholas Dakin)
My hon. Friend is right to ask this question. Under the previous Government, a process was already under way to put in place new contracts for prison maintenance. We need to make sure that those contracts deliver good value for the public purse.