PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Birmingham Prison (16 January 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, at what time (a) G4S transferred control of HM Prison Birmingham to HM Prison Service and (b) authority over that prison was restored to G4S during the disturbance of 16 December 2016 at HM Prison Birmingham.

Asked by:
Richard Burgon (Labour)

At 11:20 a.m., Gold Command was opened.

At 2:30 p.m. sole responsibility for Gold Functions transferred to the Prison Service.

Order was restored shortly after 10pm, at which point control was handed back to G4S.

Throughout the day, regular cross-government calls took place to make necessary preparations and to ensure the Prison Service had all the support it needed.

Answered by:
Mr Sam Gyimah (Liberal Democrat)
13 February 2017