Question follow-through · 99070
Prisons: Hygiene
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many a) reported illnesses or b) hospitalisations of prisoners in each of the last 10 calendar years have been partially or wholly attributed to unhygienic prison conditions.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2025 · 7 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 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many a) reported illnesses or b) hospitalisations of prisoners in each of the last 10 calendar years have been partially or wholly attributed to unhygienic prison conditions.
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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17 Dec 2025
Answer published
Statistics on prisoners’ health are the responsibility of the NHS. I am informed that the figures that are collected do not indicate whether an illness or hospitalisation relates to unhygienic conditions or show the causes of illnesses linked to E-coli.Ar...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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