Question follow-through · 80769
Prisons: Assistance Animals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons use companion dogs.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 16 Oct 2025 · 6 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
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons use companion dogs.
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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16 Oct 2025
Answer published
We understand this question to refer to “pets as therapy” (PAT) dogs. This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.Application for the use of PAT dogs is open to all prisons, with admittance requiring the authority of the Governor.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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