Prisons: Publications
Commons · Question 5752 · Tabled 1 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any books or texts by Hassan al-Banna have been discovered or seized in prisons in England and Wales in the past two years.
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 9 Jun 2026
Material that promotes or supports acts of terrorism, extremism or radicalisation is banned from prisons, in accordance with the Prison Public Protection Policy Framework. The Joint Extremism Unit in HM Prison & Probation Service maintains a list of s...