Operation Safeguard is a contingency measure that provides additional headroom for use if prisoners cannot be accepted from the courts or police custody. It is a temporary measure to provide a short-term solution. When Operation Safeguard is active, tactical and operational governance reviews take place at regular intervals, as agreed with police partners.<\/p>
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There are no additional costs to the taxpayer and any spend under Operation Safeguard comes from within existing departmental budgets. Every aspect of Operation Safeguard \u2013 including compensation for cells \u2013 is based on agreements between HMPPS, the police and the Home Office. Spend is recorded on a cost-recovery basis.<\/p>
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Please see table below setting out payments to police forces in England and Wales for the activation of Operation Safeguard cells for the period February 2023 to September 2023.<\/p>
Force<\/p><\/td> | TOTAL<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Avon and Somerset Constabulary<\/p><\/td> | £ 257,490<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Bedfordshire Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 393,946<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Cambridgeshire Constabulary<\/p><\/td> | £ 306,866<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Cheshire Constabulary<\/p><\/td> | £ 1,405,443<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
City Of London Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 142,751<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Cleveland Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 740,187<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Cumbria Constabulary<\/p><\/td> | £ 430,269<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Derbyshire Constabulary<\/p><\/td> | £ 1,020,938<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Devon & Cornwall Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 3,558<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Dorset Police<\/p><\/td> | £ -<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Durham Constabulary<\/p><\/td> | £ -<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Dyfed-Powys Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 329,689<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Essex Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 402,332<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Gloucestershire Constabulary<\/p><\/td> | £ 1,287,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Greater Manchester Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 1,300,907<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Gwent Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 268,352<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Hampshire Constabulary<\/p><\/td> | £ 634,727<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Hertfordshire Constabulary<\/p><\/td> | £ 357,747<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Humberside Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 737,756<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Kent Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 1,317,995<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Lancashire Constabulary<\/p><\/td> | £ 888,225<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Leicestershire Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 524,547<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Lincolnshire Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 302,002<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Merseyside Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 577,703<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Metropolitan Police Service<\/p><\/td> | £ 1,754,689<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Norfolk Constabulary<\/p><\/td> | £ 710,459<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
North Wales Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 774,771<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
North Yorkshire Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 879,812<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Northamptonshire Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 904,269<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Northumbria Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 2,008,809<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Nottinghamshire Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 1,943,318<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
South Wales Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 913,705<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
South Yorkshire Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 888,225<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Staffordshire Police<\/p><\/td> | £1,374,063<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Suffolk Constabulary<\/p><\/td> | £ -<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Surrey Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 548,301<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Sussex Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 549,283<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Thames Valley Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 1,301,560<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Warwickshire Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 828,059<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
West Mercia Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 1,697,009<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
West Midlands Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 6,594,079<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
West Yorkshire Police<\/p><\/td> | £ 1,489,934<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Wiltshire Police<\/p><\/td> | £ -<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Central Silver Team<\/p><\/td> | £ 169,585<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3969", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damian Hinds"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Hampshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Damian Hinds"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-10-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-10-23T15:54:08.55Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-10-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Prisons: Overcrowding"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding has been allocated to each police force in England and Wales for the use of police cells under Operation Safeguard in the latest period for which data is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4389", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ruth Cadbury"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Brentford and Isleworth"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ruth Cadbury"} ], "uin" : "201167"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1023226", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1023226/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " We are very concerned about the reports that these executions may be imminent and we are closely monitoring these cases. We last raised these concerns on 20 November and 3 December, when we discussed both the substance of the cases and the UK\u2019s long standing opposition to the death penalty. It is a longstanding policy of the British Government to oppose the death penalty, in all circumstances, as a matter of principle.<\/p> We consistently and unreservedly condemn torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and it is a priority for us to combat it wherever and whenever it occurs.<\/p> We have been and do continually raise our concerns including on this case with the Saudi Arabian authorities using a range of Ministerial and diplomatic channels of communication, including our Ambassador.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1201", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alistair Burt"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Bedfordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alistair Burt"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-12-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "201125"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-12-19T15:23:02.783Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "16"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Saudi Arabia: Sentencing"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Government of Saudi Arabia's compliance with international agreements on the use of torture, forced confessions and capital punishment in the sentencing of Abbas al-Hassan and eleven other individuals for exercising their rights to freedom of religion and association.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1536", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emily Thornberry"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Islington South and Finsbury"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Emily Thornberry"} ], "uin" : "201167"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/62603", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/62603/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " We have published guidance which sets out how publicly funded land and school playing fields are protected. This guidance is available at:<\/p> |