Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 45574

Prisons: Overcrowding

Tabled: 17 April 2025

Answered: 29 April 2025

Question

Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 43038 on Prisons: Overcrowding, how many and what proportion of the Operation Safeguard police cells made available overnight were used.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

Operation Safeguard is an important contingency measure used to ensure that the current demand on prison places does not cause undue disruption to Criminal Justice System partners. The first places were activated by the previous Government in February 202...

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