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Prisoners and Young Offenders: Telephone Services |
| Question ID: |
1794073 |
| UIN: |
HL6639 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-12 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4540 |
| Asking Member display name: |
The Lord Bishop of Gloucester
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The Lord Bishop of Gloucester
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the relative impact of providing (1) a PIN telephone system, and (2) in-cell telephones, on the number of calls prisoners and young offenders make to (a) family members, (b) support workers |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-30 |
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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 Twitter reference: |
Lord Timpson
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| Answer text: |
In-cell telephony has now superseded the former PIN system in all prisons in the closed estate. The introduction of in-cell telephony across the prison estate has significantly improved the ability of prisoners and young people to access support, and to e... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |