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Prisons: Research

Asked by Mr Gregory CampbellDemocratic Unionist PartyMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 6 June 2025UIN 56158

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2024 to Question 17767 on Prisons: Research, when she plans to publish the response to the Ipsos MORI research project on the retributive benefit of prison.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

Ministry of Justice officials received research findings from Ipsos MORI in November last year (2024) and are currently considering the implications of the work.

Research findings are published in accordance with Government Social Research guidelines, following a peer review process to ensure the quality and robustness of the work. Until that has taken place, findings cannot be published.

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