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Prisons: Television

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to prisoners is of the provision of television access in prison cells.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
23 Jun 2025
Answer
27 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to prisoners is of the provision of television access in prison cells.

  2. 23 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The cost per prisoner in establishments in the adult estate is 50 pence per week if the prisoner is sharing a cell, and £1 per week for prisoners in a single cell.Children and young people in the youth secure estate are not charged for use of televisions.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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