Question follow-through · 105817
Prisoners: Hunger Strikes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long has each hunger strike lasted in prisons in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2026 · 8 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
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long has each hunger strike lasted in prisons in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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22 Jan 2026
Answer published
None of the requested data are centrally collated. They could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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