Written questions

Prisoners: Telephones

Commons · Question 11020 · Tabled 17 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 24 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in respect of prisoners making international calls from prisons in the past six months, a) which countries were called and b) how many times was each country called.

Answer

Answered by Jake Richards, 24 Jun 2026

In the past six months, a total of 900,960 international call attempts were made from prisoners to over 150 different countries. Any telephone calls made by prisoners, including international calls, are paid for by the prisoner themselves. All calls are l...