WESTMINSTER RADAR
Search
My MPs
Menu

Question follow-through · 4485

Prisons: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that prisons are safe workplaces for staff.

answeredMinistry of Justice

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
5 Sept 2024
Target answer date
10 Sept 2024
Answer
10 Sept 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Justice and policing

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that prisons are safe workplaces for staff.

  2. 10 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    Staff must be able to expect a safe and decent work environment. We will not tolerate any violence against prison officers and prisoners who are violent towards staff will face the full consequences of their actions.The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Court...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Community Orders

26 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of incentivising people serving non-violent custodial sentences to undertake more community service work.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prison Officers and Probation Service

17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to support (a) prison officers and (b) probation service staff.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prisoners: Employment Schemes

9 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure there are sufficient paid employment opportunities for prisoners in Open Prisons.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prison Sentences

9 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help decrease the number of short-term sentences which lead to rapid turnover in prisons.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prison Sentences: Reoffenders

9 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of short custodial sentences on the reoffending rate.