United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 201171
Prisons: Overcrowding
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13 October 2023
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24 October 2023 · Answer
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24 October 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many police (a) forces and (b) cells have been used in Operation Safeguard in 2023.
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13 October 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many police (a) forces and (b) cells have been used in Operation Safeguard in 2023.
Source: Commons
24 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.As of 16 October, there were 1,467 occasio...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-10-13/201171
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1663317
- uk · wq-1663317 · source updated 24 October 2023