Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 68218
Prisons: Signal Blocking Devices
Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 23 July 2025
Question
Luke Murphy
Labour — Basingstoke
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her department is taking to increase the use of phone blocking (a) techniques and (b) technologies in prisons.
Answer
Sir Nicholas DakinHis Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) is committed to tackling the threat to prison security posed by illicit mobile telephones. We have a wide-ranging programme in place to prevent them from entering prisons; to detect and disrupt their us...
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