questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2023 to Question 193369 on Prisoners: Police Custody, if he will provide a breakdown of the allocation of that £25.4 million spend.
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 contingency facility. When Operation Safeguard is a...
heading: Prisons: Overcrowding