A question on #Prisons #Overcrowding tabled by James McMurdock on 19-03-2025 has been answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin.

Heading: Prisons: Overcrowding
Question ID: 1786518
UIN: 39728
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-19
Asking Member ID: 5361
Asking Member display name: James McMurdock
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the average daily cost of housing prisoners (a) under Operation Safeguard and (b) in standard prison accommodation.
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Date answered: 2025-03-28
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Answering Member ID: 4056
Answering Member display name: Sir Nicholas Dakin
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Sir Nicholas Dakin
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Answer text: This Government inherited a prison system on the verge of collapse, which would have left the courts unable to send offenders to prison and the police unable to arrest dangerous criminals. We took decisive action and implemented changes to the standard de...
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Answering body ID: 54
Answering body name: Ministry of Justice
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