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Prisoners: Personal Records

Asked by Liz Saville RobertsPlaid CymruMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 30 June 2025UIN 62218

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what categories of information are routinely collected by prisons on prisoners.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

Prisons collect a wide range of information. The main categories are: personal and demographic; legal and custodial; health and wellbeing; risk and behavioural assessments; education and employment; rehabilitation and progress monitoring; and daily activities and privileges.

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