Question follow-through · 88203
Prisons: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to improve its search procedures, in the context of the research and analysis entitled Security Investment Programme Evaluation, published by his Department on 5 September 2024
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 5 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 12 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to improve its search procedures, in the context of the research and analysis entitled Security Investment Programme Evaluation, published by his Department on 5 September 2024
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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12 Nov 2025
Answer published
A full evaluation of the £100 Security Investment Programme, aimed to reduce crime in prison including reducing smuggling of drugs, was published on 5 September 2024 and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/security-investment-pro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Cybercrime
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Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
5 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of offences connected with the use of illegal number plates on vehicles in the last four years.
Prisoners' Release: Pilot Schemes
10 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his planned timetable is for Release on Temporary Licence pilot scheme to be completed.
Reoffenders: Community Orders
4 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of courts using Community Orders under the Sentencing Framework on re-offending rates in the last two years.
Prisons: Management
10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether improvements in prison management arising from the Managing Women in Crisis Working Group have been shared with devolved justice departments in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Prisons: Research
21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to respond to the Ipsos MORI research project on the retributive benefit of prison before summer recess 2026.
Prisons: Research
16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2026 to Question 128643, when he expects the academic Peer Review to conclude its findings and issue a Report.
Homicide and Rape: Convictions
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions of (a) murder, (b) attempted murder and (c) rape were (i) increased and (ii) decreased under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme in the last five years.
Written question 29896
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when does he expect to receive the final report of the UK Law Commission's Criminal Appeals consultation.