Question follow-through · 4788
Prisons: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to tackle physical violence between prisoners in prisons.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 13 Sept 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to tackle physical violence between prisoners in prisons.
11 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Sept 2024
Answer published
Reducing violence in prisons remains a key priority. We are working hard to make prisons as safe as possible and are continuing our efforts to address the levels of violence in prisons. We have completed our landmark £100 million Security Investment Progr...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
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Prisoners' Release
14 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the roll out of the early prison release scheme.
Paedophilia
25 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reviewing and (b) changing the probation guidelines to prevent convicted paedophiles from living within a certain perimeter of a school or park.
Offenders: Paedophilia
25 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of convicted paedophiles that upon the end of their sentence have lived within one mile of a school or park in each of the last five years.
Offenders: Paedophilia
25 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of convicted paedophiles that upon the end of their sentence have lived within five miles of a school or park in each of the last five years.
Offenders: Paedophilia
25 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a ban on convicted paedophiles living within a five-mile radius of a school of park.
Pre-sentence Reports
6 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will overrule changes to sentencing guidance which will place greater emphasis on pre-sentence reports.
Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
24 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost was of providing legal aid to asylum seekers in the last year.
Ministry of Justice: Translation Services
24 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost was of providing translation services in her Department in the last year.
Ministry of Justice: Equality
24 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what diversity, equality and inclusion targets her Department has for staff recruitment.
Ministry of Justice: Equality
27 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what diversity, equality and inclusion targets her Department has for staff recruitment.