Question follow-through · 3476
Prisoners: Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria are used to determine when prisoners may be prohibited from communicating with the media.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 20 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jun 2026 · 12 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
20 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria are used to determine when prisoners may be prohibited from communicating with the media.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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1 Jun 2026
Answer published
Prison Service Instruction 37/2010 Prisoners' Access to the Media sets out the contact that prisoners are allowed to have with the media. The instruction includes details of the restrictions that are in place and the criteria taken into account when consi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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