HMPPS COVID-19 weekly statistics (up to 7 August)
Official statistics release providing weekly data of COVID-19 in HM Prison and Probation Service in England and Wales.
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The HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) COVID-19 statistics provides weekly data on the HMPPS response to COVID-19. It addresses confirmed cases of the virus in prisons and the Youth Custody Service sites, deaths across HMPPS service users and mitigating action being taken to limit the spread of the virus and save lives.
Data includes:
- Deaths among prisoners, children in custody and probation service users where COVID-19 is suspected to be the cause.
- Prisoners released early from custody under COVID-19 temporary release schemes.
- Confirmed COVID-19 cases in prisoners and children in custody (i.e. positive tests).
- Narrative on capacity management data for prisons.
- More detailed protected characteristic information on service users up to the 10 July 2020.
Pre-release access
The bulletin was produced and handled by the ministry’s analytical professionals and production staff. For the bulletin pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:
Ministry of Justice:
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice; Minister of State for Prisons and Probation; Permanent Secretary; Minister and Permanent Secretary Private Secretaries (x7); Special Advisors (x2); Head of News and relevant press officers (x9).
HM Prison and Probation Service:
Chief Executive Officer; Director General Prisons; Chief Executive and Director General Private Secretaries and Heads of Office (x4); Deputy Director of COVID-19 HMPPS Response; Director General of Probation and Wales; Executive Director Probation and Women; Executive Director of Youth Custody Service; Executive Director HMPPS Wales; Executive Director, Performance Directorate; Head of Health, Social Care and Substance Misuse Services; Head of Capacity Management and Custodial Capacity Manager.
Related links
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Updates to this page
Last updated 21 September 2020 + show all updates
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Monthly information including the August 2020 data published on the 11 September 2020 has been moved to a new location (a link has been provided on this page).
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This page has been updated to include data up to the 31 August 2020.
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Figures up to 7 August 2020 have been added to the page.
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Page being updated to include data up to the 31 July 2020.
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This webpage is being updated to include data up to the 24 July 2020.
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Page is being updated to include data up to 17 July, and additional protected characteristic information up to the 10 July.
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Additional information has been added so that figures go up to the 10 July.
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Page has been updated to include data up to 3 July.
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First published.