Appearances and Speeches

In the period November 2022 to October 2023 – the most recent 12 months for which data are available – HMYOI Werrington made 63 safeguarding

Figures on the number of serious further offences committed (convictions) up to 2021/22 are published annually, which can be accessed at the

As Minister of State for Prisons and Probation, I met with the interim Chief Inspector of Probation on 6 December 2023, where the Inspectora

Between 18th October 2023 and 10th December 2023, 175 people completed 1,924 hours of unpaid work on the Community Payback Rapid Deployment

Data on the number of assaults against prison staff, including in private prisons, are published as part of our Safety in Custody statistics

We have increased funding for the Probation Service by an additional £155m a year to recruit staff and to deliver better and more consistent

All random mandatory drug testing (rMDT) in prisons were paused in March 2020 following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

HMPPS published the revised Crime in Prison Referral Agreement in October 2022.

We have introduced robust contractual levers into the current education contract which has seen a decrease in the teaching time lost through

The Mandatory Drug Testing (MDT) panel is updated when a new drug type is known to be prevalent within the prison estate, or where a new dru