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Prisons: Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to provide a list of books available to prisoners in the library at HMP Highpoint, HMP Belmarsh, HMP Manchester, and HMP Wormwood Scrubs.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
6 Jul 2026
Target answer date
9 Jul 2026
Answer
9 Jul 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to provide a list of books available to prisoners in the library at HMP Highpoint, HMP Belmarsh, HMP Manchester, and HMP Wormwood Scrubs.

  2. 9 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    As the library services at HMP Belmarsh, HMP Manchester and HMP Wormwood Scrubs are contracted out to the local authority, the library catalogues for those prisons are not held by the Ministry of Justice. The catalogue for HMP Highpoint is attached.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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