United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 177780
Prisons: Smuggling
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30 March 2023
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17 April 2023 · Answer
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17 April 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the rollout of new prison scanners in preventing contraband from entering those sites.
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30 March 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the rollout of new prison scanners in preventing contraband from entering those sites.
Source: Commons
17 April 2023
Answer
We have invested £100m to combat crime in prisons, including reducing the conveyance of illicit items such as drugs and mobile phones. Since 2020, we have installed an additional 75 X-ray body scanners, bringing the total to 97 and providing coverage to t...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-03-30/177780
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1609192
- uk · wq-1609192 · source updated 17 April 2023