| Heading: |
Prisoners' Release: Homelessness |
| Question ID: |
1743544 |
| UIN: |
15423 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4139 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ian Lavery
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| Asking Member handle: |
IanLaveryMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@IanLaveryMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of temporarily housing acquitted remand prisoners who are homeless. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-02 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4056 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Nicholas Dakin
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Sir Nicholas Dakin
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
The Government inherited a prison system in crisis, in which the remand prison population has risen to record highs. We are committed to working with partners across the criminal justice system to ensure this is effectively managed, including looking at r... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |