| Heading: |
Prisons: Disability |
| Question ID: |
1790188 |
| UIN: |
HL6301 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-28 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4163 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord German
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| Asking Member handle: |
mjgerman
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@mjgerman
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government how many prisons are fully accessible to individuals with a disability as defined under the Equality Act 2010. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-07 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5364 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Timpson
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Timpson
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| Answer text: |
New prisons are designed to be fully compliant with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010, with many accessible rooms. This includes a large number of low mobility cells (72 at Millsike, 84 at Five Wells and Fosse Way), dependant on the number of hous... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |