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Early prisoner release scheme 2024

FOI request 688 received on 15 September 2025. The PPO does not hold this information and suggests contacting HM Prison and Probation Service.

Copies of any asbestos surveys identifying or detailing asbestos use within prisons between 1970 and 1980

FOI request 684 received on 21 August 2025. The PPO does not hold this information and suggests contacting HM Prison and Probation Service.

How many cases of prisoner-on-prisoner violence between 2022 and 2025

FOI request 667 received on 24 June 2025. The PPO does not hold this information and suggests contacting HM Prison and Probation Service.

PPO rulings and responses about breakfast packs

FOI request 666 received on 23 June 2025. The PPO does not hold this information.

How many complaints did IPCI receive from prisoners during 2024?

FOI request 657 received on 29 May 2025. The PPO holds this information, which is contained in the document.

How many fatal incident cases are awaiting opening for investigation as well as those classed as under investigation?

FOI request 652 received on 21 May 2025. The information requested is available on the PPO's website.

Provide the date, value, recipient and procurement category of any transaction over £25,000 made by the PPO between January 2020 and April 2025

FOI request 650 received on 8 May 2025. The PPO holds this information, which is contained in the document.

Provide a list of deaths by suicide in English prisons since 2022

FOI request 647 received on 6 May 2025. The PPO holds this information, which is contained in the document.

How many prisoner deaths has the PPO been notified of each year, or started investigating, where there is a suspicion the death was drug-related?

FOI request 636 received on 3 April 2025. The PPO holds this information, which is contained in the document.

The professional backgrounds of PPO staff and whether it is a requirement for them to have a legal background

FOI request 634 received on 31 March 2025. The PPO holds this information, which is contained in the document.