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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Prison Population 2022: planning for the future inquiry

Inquiry by the Justice Committee, 23 October 2017 to 11 June 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 26 June 2018: Rory Stewart MP, Minister of State, Mike Driver, Chief Financial Officer, and Justin Russell, Director General, Offender Reform and Commissioning Group, Ministry of Justice.
  • 11 July 2018: Lord Justice Treacy, Chair, Sentencing Council for England and Wales , and Steve Wade, Head, Office of the Sentencing Council; Richard Garside, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Harvey Redgrave, Crest Advisory, and Rachel Tuffin OBE, Director of Knowledge, Research and Education, What Works Centre for Crime Reduction, College of Policing (at 10.45am).
  • 11 September 2018: Mark Fairhurst, National Chair, Prison Officers Association, Nick Pascoe, Vice-Chair, Prison Governors Association, and Julia Rogers, Managing Director Justice and Immigration, Serco.
  • 10 October 2018: Professor Nick Hardwick, academic and former Chair of the Parole Board and Chief Inspector of Prisons, Dee Anand, British Psychological Society, and Mark Day, Prison Reform Trust; Martin Jones, Chief Executive, Parole Board, Sonia Crozier, Director of Probation, and Dr Jo Bailey, Head of Psychology, HM Prisons and Probation Service (at 10.45am).
  • 30 October 2018: Juliet Lyon, Chair, Independent Panel on Deaths in Custody, Dr Kate Paradine, Chief Executive, Women in Prison, Jessica Southgate, Policy Manager, Agenda
  • 13 November 2018: Helen Berresford, Nacro, Francesca Cooney, Prisoner Learning Alliance, Anne Fox, Clinks, and Danny Hames, NHS Substance Misuse Providers Alliance; Simon Boddis, Executive Director, Prison Estate Transformation Programme, Phil Copple, Executive Director Prisons, HM Prison and Probation Service, and Tom Read, Director of Digital Transformation, Ministry of Justice (at 10.45am).
  • 21 November 2018: Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, HM Inspectorate of Prisons.
  • 11 December 2018: Michael Spurr, Chief Executive Officer, Neil Richards, Head of Custodial Contracts, Paul Newton, Governor, HMP Birmingham, HM Prison and Probation Service, and Jerry Petherick, G4S; Rory Stewart MP, Minister of State for Justice, Ministry of Justice, and Michael Spurr, Chief Executive Officer, HM Prison and Probation Service (at 11.00am).