Question follow-through · 119666
Prisoners: Funerals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he can release the data for payouts by HM Prison and Probation Service for funerals for prisoners who died in custody from 2010-2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2026 · 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 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he can release the data for payouts by HM Prison and Probation Service for funerals for prisoners who died in custody from 2010-2024.
12 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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17 Mar 2026
Answer published
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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