Question follow-through · 125952
Prisoners: Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the affordability of the costs of call credit for incarcerated parents.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 20 Apr 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
- Coroners: Complaints · 22 Apr 2026
- Prisons: Telephone Services · 27 Apr 2026
- Prisoners: Fathers · 15 May 2026
- Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation · 19 May 2026
- Prisoners: Parents · 15 Jun 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the affordability of the costs of call credit for incarcerated parents.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Apr 2026
Answer published
We know that enabling prisoners to maintain and strengthen family ties is a vital contributing factor to their rehabilitation and avoidance of re-offending.Following negotiations with service providers, we have reduced the cost of telephone calls across t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Prisons: Telephone Services
27 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to WPQ 125951 submitted on the 30th March, what the new cost per minute of call is under the rates agreed for the period between 1 April 2025 to 31 May 2027.
Prisoners: Fathers
15 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to question 125954, which (a) organisations (b) government bodies and (c) academic partners are conducting the incremental, evidence led approach.
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19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his planned timetable is for the implementation of legislation to help tackle SLAPPs.
Prisoners: Parents
15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 125951, what the new cost per minute of call is under the rates agreed for the period between 1 April 2025 and 31 May 2027.
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15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the rollout of Child Focussed Courts will be completed in Oxfordshire and Berkshire.
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16 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that domestic abuse that is (a) psychological and (b) emotional is (i) appropriately recognised and (ii) acted on by (A) CAFCASS and (B) Family Courts.
Domestic Abuse
17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help ensure that domestic abuse that is psychological or emotional in nature is recognised and acted on by a) CAFCASS and b) Family Courts.