“What discussions he has had with representatives of the technology sector on its response to the covid-19 outbreak.”
Asked by
Alan Mak
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answer from Hansard
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Emma Reynolds)
Can I take this opportunity to congratulate my hon. Friend on her election as Chair of the Justice Committee? As she rightly says, we inherited a prison system at breaking point after 14 years of Tory mismanagement. At the spending review, we significantly increased the funding for the Ministry of Justice, with an additional £550 million for probation, £450 million for courts and £7 billion for prison places. We have already delivered 3,000 new places through the largest prison building programme since the Victorian era. I will continue to work with the Justice Secretary on the issues mentioned by my hon. Friend.