Oral QuestionCabinet Office

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 22 February 2024Answered: 29 February 2024

Asked by

Justin Madders

LabourEllesmere Port and Bromborough

Answering Minister

the Minister for the Cabinet Office

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.