Question follow-through · 36354
Prison Officers: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions her Department has had with private prison operators on the right of prison officers to take industrial action.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 7 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions her Department has had with private prison operators on the right of prison officers to take industrial action.
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Mar 2025
Answer published
We have no plans to amend section 127 of the Criminal Justice Act 1994.There have been no recent discussions with private prison contractors on this matter.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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