Question follow-through · 555
Prisons: Overcrowding
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of prison overcrowding on staff safety.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 22 May 2026 · 9 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
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of prison overcrowding on staff safety.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
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22 May 2026
Answer published
Ministry of Justice research on crowding and violence in the adult closed estate in 2022 shows that prisoners in overcrowded cells are 19% more likely to be involved in an assault over a one-year period than those in cells that are not overcrowded.The det...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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