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Prisons and Probation: Training

Asked by Ayoub KhanIndependentMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 20 March 2025UIN 38330

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish the contents of the suicide prevention training provided to (a) prison and (b) probation staff.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

It is not appropriate to make the training publicly available as the content includes lived experience examples for which confidentiality must be maintained, and there is a need for HMPPS to retain oversight of dissemination, delivery and appropriate use of the products.

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