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Serco: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how Serco performed against key performance indicators at the most recent performance review on the HMP Ashfield (South Gloucestershire) contract.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
9 May 2025
Target answer date
13 May 2025
Answer
19 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how Serco performed against key performance indicators at the most recent performance review on the HMP Ashfield (South Gloucestershire) contract.

  2. 13 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 May 2025

    Answer published

    HM Prison & Probation Service’s Annual Prison Performance Ratings are based on a range of indicators. The latest ratings cover the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. As a newly opened prison (June 2023), HMP Fosse Way did not form part of the lates...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Electronic Tagging: Contracts

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