United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 201166
Prisons: Overcrowding
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13 October 2023
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19 October 2023 · Answer
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19 October 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a police cell was used to house an inmate as part of Operation Safeguard in each of the last 12 months.
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13 October 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a police cell was used to house an inmate as part of Operation Safeguard in each of the last 12 months.
Source: Commons
19 October 2023
Answer
Operation Safeguard is a contingency measure that provides additional headroom for use if prisoners cannot be accepted from the courts or police custody. It is a temporary measure to provide a short-term solution when there are capacity problems in partic...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-10-13/201166
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1663312
- uk · wq-1663312 · source updated 19 October 2023