Prisoners: Personal Names
Commons · Question 27037 · Tabled 3 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have changed their names while serving a prison sentence in the past three years.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 11 Sep 2026
Information about the number of prisoner names changes is not held centrally. It could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.