This page contains all of the information that the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has released in response to Freedom of Information requests received since 1 January 2023.

To make a Freedom of Information request for information held by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO), please email PPOMailFreedomofInformationRequests@ppo.gov.uk

To make a Freedom of Information request for information held by HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), please email data.access@justice.gov.uk

For further information, please read our Access to Information page and our Access to Information Policy.

February

FOI Response 534 – Total number of PPO employees
12 February 2024 (154 KB)

January

FOI Response 533 – Overheating complaints from immigration removal centres
24 January 2024 (160 KB)

FOI Response 532 – Overheating complaints from prisons 
23 January 2024 (236 KB)

FOI Response 529 – Lighting arrangements at HMP Rochester
8 January 2024 (157 KB)

FOI Response 528 – Attacks on prison service staff involving razor blades
8 January 2024 (158 KB)

FOI Response 527 – Deaths investigated in 2023 by the PPO involving overdose of any illicit drug and nitazenes
4 and 11 January 2024 (181 KB)


2023

December

FOI Response 526 – The number of upheld complaints made to the PPO about food, accommodation and equality during 2022 and 2023
22 December 2023 (161 KB)

FOI Response 525 – The average cost per year of the investigation into a death in custody by the PPO since 2018
18 December 2023 (160 KB)

FOI Response 524 – Training provided to PPO staff
13 December 2023 (154 KB)

FOI Response 523 – Causes of death for prisoners
7 December 2023 (164 KB)

November

FOI Response 522 – How many prisoners detained in the UK while waiting for their parole hearing
27 November 2023 (156 KB)

FOI Response 521 – Financial cost of the PPO rebranding exercise
14 November 2023 (164 KB)

FOI Response 520 – Licensed prisoners
14 November 2023 (160 KB)

FOI Response 519 – Correspondence between Wandsworth prison and Home Office about a former prisoner of Wandsworth prison
7 November 2023 (161 KB)

FOI Response 518 – To provide the number of officers and staff, including private contractors, who have been convicted of criminal offences in the last ten calendar years from 1 January 2013 to date
6 November 2023 (156 KB)

October

FOI Response 517 – A breakdown of foreign national remand and convicted prisoner offence types and numbers for the types of offending that have occurred over the last three years in England and Wales
31 October (155 KB)

FOI Response 516 – How much money was spent hiring kitchen pans between April 2021 to March 2023
26 October 2023 (156 KB)

FOI Response 515 – Statistics of prisoners diagnosed with ADHD
24 October 2023 (155 KB)

FOI Response 514 – Why some deaths are listed by decedent name on the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) website fatal incidents reports page whereas others just state “Individual at [prison name]”
20 October 2023 (160 KB)

FOI Response 513 – How many assessors and how many investigators are employed by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO)
20 October 2023 (174 KB)

FOI Response 512 – Arrests for use of the drug psilocybin
16 October 2023 (156 KB)

FOI Response 510 – The number of staff employed by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman as investigators with grade and salary range between 2019 to 2023
3 October 2023 (571 KB)

FOI Response 509 – Every instance in which a prisoner was awarded compensation in the period January 2021 to December 2023
2 October 2023 (155 KB)

FOI Response 508 – Details of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman’s ruling on X-Ray scanning on prisoners and the MoJ’s response
2 October 2023 (877 KB)

September

FOI Response 507 – The percentage of prisoners in the United Kingdom who are serving a custodial sentence for non-violent drug-related offences
12 September 2023 (156 KB)

FOI Response 506 – The total number of prisoners released on licence, and how many were recalled by a new charge or a breach of licence between June 2020 to May 2023
12 September 2023 (157 KB)

FOI Response 504 – All messages over the last five years relating to the flying of flags above Wandsworth Prison
11 September 2023(155 KB)

FOI Response 503 – Copy of a report on the role of youth detention centres and child abuse in the 1960s and 1970s which included HMDC Haslar
7 September 2023 (155 KB)

FOI Response 502 – The number of complaints received from immigration removal estates
4 September/23 September 2023 (285 KB)

August

FOI Response 498 – To provide information on the PPO’s current multi-functional devices and printing/scanning services contracts
11 August 2023 (159 KB)

FOI Response 497 – Flats used as a bail hostel or halfway house
10 August 2023 (151 KB)

FOI Response 496 – To provide the number of IT devices deployed by the PPO
11 August 2023 (170 KB)

FOI Response 495 – information held by the PPO about a deceased prisoner
7 August 2023 (152 KB)

FOI Response 494 – To provide the investigation process/protocol that the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman follows when advised of a death in custody
4 August 2023 (418 KB)

FOI Response 493 – The total number of complaints the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman received, upheld and resolved between June 2020 to June 2023
3 August 2023 (159 KB)

July

FOI Response 491 – The number of complaints about the National Probation Service referred to the PPO and later forwarded to the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman in the 2021 to 2022 business period
24 July 2023 (156 KB)

FOI Response 490 – Complaints received by the PPO between 2020 and 2023 from prisoners who identify as transgender
19 July and 3 August 2023 (163 KB)

FOI Response 489 – PPO staffing questions
12 July 2023 (169 KB)

FOI Response 488 – Maintenance of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman’s corporate estate
5 July 2023 (160 KB)

FOI Response 487 – Statistics for disabled prisoners having access to specialised equipment within an education setting and on their wing/cell
5 July 2023 (161 KB)

June

FOI Response 486 – Phone credit and average weekly use
26 June 2023 (160 KB)

FOI Response 485 – Number of complaints concerning a probationer’s disability or long-term illness refused by the PPO in the 2021/2022 business period
19 June and 20 July 2023 (159 KB)

FOI Response 484 – Pre-employment checks for a prison officer job
19 June 2023 (150 KB)

FOI Response 483 – The number of complaints assessed as ineligible for investigation during the 2021/2022 business period
13 June 2023 and 6 July (252 KB)

FOI Response 482 – How many IPP (imprisonment for public protection) prisoners are currently serving in HMP Leeds
13 June 2023 (159 KB)

FOI Response 480 – the number of people released from prisons in 2022 who came to reside in Wiltshire
6 June 2023 (159 KB)

May

FOI Response 479 – Provide details of probation conditions
25 May 2023 (152 KB)

FOI Response 478 – If a prisoner who was sentenced to life imprisonment has received parole
22 May 2023 (152 KB)

FOI Response 477 – Information about the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
18 May 2023 (167 KB)

FOI Response 476 – Data requests received by the PPO between during the 2022/2023 financial year
11 May 2023 (186 KB)

FOI Response 474 – Provide a spreadsheet on the location, date, gender and age group of all drug-related fatal incident reports published on the PPO website from 2018 until now
11 May 2023 (260 KB)

FOI Response 473 – Provide reports, records, complaints and any other documents about Cyril Smith
3 May 2023 (160 KB)

April

FOI Response 472 – Cloud infrastructure
25 April 2023 (161 KB)

FOI Response 471 – Provide statistical data tables from March 2022 to March 2023
20 April 2023 (165 KB)

FOI Response 470 – How many pregnant women entered the prison system and how many had stillbirths in prison (particularly at HMP Styal) between 1 January 2018 and 1 January 2023
17 April 2023 (159 KB)

FOI Response 469 – Which men’s prisons in England are currently giving access to NVQ qualifications
14 April 2023 (159 KB)

FOI Response 468 – Causes of death for prisoners
13 April 2023 (162 KB)

FOI Response 467 – Information on how decisions on prison placements are made within the long-term high security estate 
6 April 2023 (158 KB)

FOI Response 466 – PPO website
27 April 2023 (469 KB)

FOI Response 465 – Provide links to and list of Inside Time articles on the PPO website 
6 April 2023 (159 KB)

March

FOI Response 464 – A list of all items confiscated from prisoners in HMP Guys Marsh and HMP Portland 
27 March 2023 (PDF 159 KB)

FOI Response 463 – Information on the number of male and female suicides from the last five years
24 March 2023 (162 KB)

FOI Response 462 – Statistical data table and prison population data 
17 March 2023 (153 KB)

FOI Response 461 – Cause of death for prisoners who died while in custody of HMP The Mount
14 March 2023 (161 KB)

FOI Response 460 – Timelines associated with the PPO investigation into the death of a prisoner at HMP Nottingham
9 March 2023 (PDF 164 KB)

FOI Response 459 – Timelines associated with the PPO investigation into the death of a prisoner at HMP Forest Bank
9 March 2023 (PDF 163 KB)

FOI Response 458 – Information on how many sex offenders were placed at an address between 2020 and 2021
8 March 2023 (PDF 152 KB)

FOI Response 457 – Investigation into the fatal incident report published 6 March on PPO website
7 March 2023 (PDF 154 KB)

February

FOI Response 456 – Provide a copy of a complaint report or response letter
27 February 2023 (PDF 151 KB)

FOI Response 455 – Annual Report and Business Plan
28 February 2023 (PDF 192 KB)

FOI Response 454 – Provide prison and prison number details
27 February 2023 (PDF 159 KB)

FOI Response 453 – Fatal incidents information 2017 to 2022
20 February (PDF 141 KB)

FOI Response 452 – HMP Sudbury
16 February 2023 (PDF 161 KB)

FOI Response 451 – Challenging Probation risk assessments and reports
13 February 2023 (PDF 159 KB)

FOI Response 450 – Acquisition of a property for probation services
9 February 2023 (PDF 151 KB)

FOI Response 449 – HMP Swaleside
7 February 2023 (PDF 172 KB)

FOI Response 448 – Serious case review (SCR) copy
6 February 2023 (PDF 151 KB)

FOI Response 447 – Risk to service users and/or staff from an ex-prisoner
3 February 2023 (PDF 160 KB)

January

FOI Response 446 – Access to prison records
25 January 2023 (PDF 159 KB)

FOI Response 445 – Incentive and earned privileges (IEP) level
23 January 2023 (PDF 166 KB)

FOI Response 444 – Complaints about staff behaviour received by the PPO in 2021/2022 from Welsh Prisons
9 January 2023 (PDF 174 KB)

FOI Response 443 – HMP Coldingley Closed Visits
5 January 2023 (PDF 135 KB)

FOI Response 442 – Maps for Change
4 January 2023 (PDF 160 KB)