PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Prisons: Civil Disorder (29 November 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions Tornado teams have been deployed to prisons since September 2010.
Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
Between September 2010 and November 2017 Tornado teams have been deployed a total of 97 times to provide incident management support to custodial establishments in England and Wales.
Tornado teams are not necessarily launched in response to violent incidents. They can be called on to provide a visible presence when dealing with a large number of prisoners.
Answered by:
Mr Sam Gyimah (Liberal Democrat)
7 December 2017
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