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Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance

Asked by Ben GoldsboroughLabourMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 17 December 2025UIN 99072

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what action his department is taking to ensure prison estate maintenance providers are accountable for their performance.

Answered by Jake Richards

The value and performance of the Department’s private-sector service providers is reviewed through routine contract and performance management and, in addition, ministers meet regularly with each provider’s Chief Executive Officers to hold them personally to account for their performance.

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