Prisons: Standards

Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 13 December 2018.

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Photo of Richard Burgon Richard Burgon Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement entitled, Minister announces 10 Prisons Project to develop new model of excellence, published on 17 August 2017, how much funding his Department has allocated to that project in each month since that announcement.

Photo of Rory Stewart Rory Stewart The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice

The 10 Prison Project was launched by Rory Stewart on 17 August 2018 with the aim of reducing violence and drugs in the prisons within a year. The Department allocated £10m budget in total at the start of the project across the 10 prisons. This is in line with the aims to reduce the supply and demand of drugs (£6m), improve decency (£3m) and enhance leadership and staff capability (£1m). The table below shows the current monthly budget allocated under this project.

Current budget allocations for Ten Prisons Project

Month

Allocated Budget

September 2018

£400,000

October 2018

£1,000,000

November 2018

£1,900,000

December 2018

£1,700,000

January 2019

£1,500,000

February 2019

£1,500,000

March 2019

£2,000,000

Total

£10,000,000

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