Question follow-through · 6024
Prisons: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much her Department has spent on outsourced services in prisons in the last 12 months.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 16 Oct 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
- Prisons: Private Sector · 7 Oct 2024
- Prisoners: Rehabilitation · 7 Oct 2024
- Prison Officers: Recruitment · 7 Oct 2024
- Prison Officers · 7 Oct 2024
- Prisons: Overcrowding · 7 Oct 2024
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much her Department has spent on outsourced services in prisons in the last 12 months.
9 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Oct 2024
Answer published
For the period covered the 1 August 2023 – 30 August 2024, the Ministry of Justice spend with 3rd Party Suppliers for HMPPS as the operating unit is £3.2 billion.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Prison Officers: Recruitment
7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to recruit more prison officers.
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7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) public and (b) private prisons require prison officers to have a minimum level of experience.
Prisons: Overcrowding
7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to alleviate prison overcrowding.
Prison Officers
7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase cumulative prison officer experience.
Prison Officers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have (a) joined and (b) left service in each of the last five years.
Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what incentives are in place to retain experienced prison officers.
Prison Officers
7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers in supervisory roles have less than one year's experience.
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Prison Officers: Retirement
7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on restarting negotiations with the Prison Officers Association over the pension age of prison officers.
Prison Officers: Industrial Disputes
7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of restoring the right of prison officers to take industrial action.