questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of Operation Safeguard in 2023.
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