questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding was allocated to Essex Police under Operation Safeguard in 2023; and how much and what proportion of that funding was used to house prisoners in that period.
answerText: Operation Safeguard is a contingency measure that provides additional headroom for use if prisoners cannot be accepted from the courts or police custody. It is a temporary measure to provide a short-term solution. When Operation Safeguard is active, tacti...
heading: Prisons: Essex