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Prisons: Smart Devices

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were discovered to have unauthorised (a) mobile phones, (b) iPads and (c) gaming devices in the past year.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
21 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
1 Jun 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were discovered to have unauthorised (a) mobile phones, (b) iPads and (c) gaming devices in the past year.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Table 6.1 of the HMPPS Annual Digest (Chapter 6, Finds in Prison) shows the latest figures for incidents where illicit items were found in prisons in England and Wales. Table 6.3 shows the number of mobile telephones found each month, by establishment. Th...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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