The Bishop of Derby received the following written answers on 9th March 2026:
The Lord Bishop of Derby asked His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sport and Physical Activity in the Criminal Justice System’s report Physical Activity and Sport across the Children and Young People Secure Estate, and Adult Custodial Estate in England and Wales, published in December 2025.
Lord Timpson (Lab, MoJ): We appreciate the considerable work that has gone into the inquiry.
His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) has been engaged with the work of the All-Party Parliamentary Group over many years, including in relation to this latest review. HMPPS will give careful consideration, in collaboration with other partners, to those recommendations in the report that are addressed to it.
The Lord Bishop of Derby asked His Majesty’s Government what consultations took place with young people in Young Offender Institutions as part of the development of the report Youth Matters: Your National Youth Strategy, published on 10 December 2025.
Baroness Twycross (Lab, DCMS): ‘Youth Matters: Your National Youth Strategy’ and ‘Youth Matters: State of the Nation’ report are informed by the voices of over 14,000 young people. To ensure a broad and representative range of perspectives were included, my officials conducted deep dives with specific underrepresented cohorts, including with 50 young offenders at HMP Forest Bank in Manchester, supported by the Hope Collective. Our findings were shared with the Ministry of Justice.
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