Written questions

HM Prison Service: Contracts

Commons · Question 3151 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 9 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Charlotte Nichols

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the financial impact of outsourcing within prisons.

Answer

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 9 Sep 2024

In June 2019, the Ministry of Justice put in place the Prison Operator Services Framework to manage a pipeline of operator competitions for new build prisons, and existing private prisons as they expire. To date, nine operator competitions have been launc...