Question follow-through · 1124
Prison Officers: Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to help protect prison officers from violence.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 14 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 22 May 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to help protect prison officers from violence.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2026
Answer published
Staff must be able to expect a safe and decent work environment. We will not tolerate any violence against prison officers and prisoners who are violent towards staff will face the full consequences of their actions.We have invested over £40 million into ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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