Question follow-through · 116202
HM Prison and Probation Service: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on the new independent reporting channel in HMPPS.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on the new independent reporting channel in HMPPS.
3 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Mar 2026
Answer published
On 10 November 2025, as part of the work to implement the reforms recommended in the Rademaker Review, His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) instituted an interim grievance process through which members of staff can raise complaints about b...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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HM Prison and Probation Service: Complaints
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7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were being supervised by the Probation Service in (a) Wales, and (b) England, in (i) March, (ii) June, (iii) September, and (iv) December of 2025, by offence group.
Probation
7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were being supervised by the Probation Service in (a) Wales, and (b) England, in (i) March, (ii) June, (iii) September, and (iv) December of 2025, by ethnic group.
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7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the number of people supervised under post-licence in Wales in (a) March, (b) June, (c) September, and (d) December of 2025, by ethnic group.
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7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were received back into custody for breach of post-release licence, excluding those returned to custody for the commission of a further offence, in (a) England and (b) Wales in 2025.