United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 91035
Prison Officers: Languages
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13 November 2025
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21 November 2025 · Answer
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21 November 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the prison population do not have (a) English and (b) another native UK languages as a first language in each of the last five years; and what languages such prisoners did speak as a first lang
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13 November 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the prison population do not have (a) English and (b) another native UK languages as a first language in each of the last five years; and what languages such prisoners did speak as a first lang
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21 November 2025
Answer
The information requested is not centrally recorded.Collecting it would involve a search of the records of each prisoner in England and Wales over the last five years. It could not, therefore, be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-13/91035
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1852521
- uk · wq-1852521 · source updated 21 November 2025