questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2023 to Question 2339 on Prisons: Overcrowding, how much funding was allocated per police force for the use of police cells under Operation Safeguard between January and November 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