questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding has been allocated to each police force in England and Wales for the use of police cells under Operation Safeguard in the latest period for which data is available.
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: Overcrowding