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No single Minister has sole responsibility for prisons policy. However, the Ministers listed in the following table have had responsibility for areas of prison policy in the last eight years.
| Ministerial prison visits by Home Office Ministers since 1999 |
| | Date |
|
Lord Bassam of Brighton
| |
|
Lewes
|
10 November 1999
|
|
Chelmsford
|
3 December 1999
|
|
Bullwood Hall
|
3 December 1999
|
|
Downview
|
10 December 1999
|
|
Highdown
|
10 December 1999
|
|
Feltham
|
17 March 2000
|
|
Albany
|
1 June 2000
|
|
Camp Hill
|
1 June 2000
|
|
Parkhurst
|
2 June 2000
|
|
Dover
|
13 October 2000
|
|
Birmingham
|
4 May 2001
|
| | |
|
Hilary Benn
| |
|
Leeds
|
14 June 2002
|
|
Winchester
|
4 July 2002
|
|
Wormwood Scrubs
|
9 July 2002
|
|
Belmarsh
|
10 July 2002
|
|
Askham Grange
|
15 July 2002
|
|
Brixton
|
25 July 2002
|
|
Portland
|
27 August 2002
|
|
The Weare
|
27 August 2002
|
|
Lewes
|
28 August 2002
|
|
Ashfield
|
29 August 2002
|
|
East Sutton Park
|
3 September 2002
|
|
Wayland
|
17 September 2002
|
|
Reading
|
20 September 2002
|
|
Feltham
|
23 September 2002
|
|
Holloway
|
23 September 2002
|
|
Wetherby
|
7 October 2002
|
|
Lincoln
|
24 October 2002
|
|
New Hall
|
15 November 2002
|
|
Feltham
|
26 November 2002
|
|
Leeds
|
24 January 2003
|
|
Wandsworth
|
29 January 2003
|
|
Leicester
|
10 March 2003
|
|
Wandsworth
|
27 March 2003
|
|
Exeter
|
7 April 2003
|
|
Aylesbury
|
10 April 2003
|
| | |
|
Paul Boateng
| |
|
Durham
|
2 July 1999
|
|
Aylesbury
|
3 August 1999
|
|
Whitemoor
|
4 August 1999
|
|
Wandsworth
|
6 August 1999
|
|
Leeds
|
14 September 1999
|
|
Parc
|
23 September 1999
|
|
Brixton
|
4 October 1999
|
|
Holloway
|
5 October 1999
|
|
Wormwood Scrubs
|
13 October 1999
|
|
Littlehey
|
20 October 1999
|
|
Feltham
|
28 October 1999
|
|
Wandsworth
|
2 November 1999
|
|
Brixton
|
4 November 1999
|
|
Feltham
|
11 November 1999
|
|
Belmarsh
|
25 November 1999
|
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Highpoint
|
15 December 1999
|
|
Lindholme
|
21 December 1999
|
|
Wormwood Scrubs
|
31 December 1999
|
|
Pentonville
|
31 December 1999
|
|
Manchester
|
11 February 2000
|
|
Forest Bank
|
11 February 2000
|
|
Pentonville
|
13 February 2000
|
|
North Sea Camp
|
15 February 2000
|
|
Coldingley
|
23 February 2000
|
|
Altcourse
|
21 March 2000
|
|
Portland
|
13 April 2000
|
|
Weare
|
13 April 2000
|
|
Featherstone
|
8 May 2000
|
|
Styal
|
6 June 2000
|
|
The Mount
|
8 June 2000
|
|
Frankland
|
19 June 2000
|
|
Low Newton
|
19 June 2000
|
|
Holloway
|
5 July 2000
|
|
Blantyre House
|
5 July 2000
|
|
Exeter
|
7 July 2000
|
|
Wormwood Scrubs
|
9 July 2000
|
|
Bristol
|
11 July 2000
|
|
Leyhill
|
11 July 2000
|
|
East Sutton Park
|
11 July 2000
|
|
Grendon/Springhill
|
13 July 2000
|
|
Wandsworth
|
20 July 2000
|
|
Birmingham
|
7 September 2000
|
|
Norwich
|
21 September 2000
|
|
Hatfield
|
4 October 2000
|
|
Moorland
|
4 October 2000
|
|
Blantyre House
|
16 October 2000
|
|
Reading
|
25 October 2000
|
|
Holloway
|
31 October 2000
|
|
Brixton
|
2 November 2000
|
|
Littlehey
|
2 November 2000
|
|
Grendon
|
16 November 2000
|
|
Gloucester
|
19 November 2000
|
|
Woodhill
|
23 November 2000
|
|
Bedford
|
23 November 2000
|
|
Wandsworth
|
24 November 2000
|
|
Pentonville
|
11 December 2000
|
|
The Mount
|
14 December 2000
|
|
Holloway
|
18 December 2000
|
|
Feltham
|
31 December 2000
|
|
Whatton
|
6 February 2001
|
|
Ashfield
|
28 February 2001
|
|
Chelmsford
|
27 March 2001
|
|
Stoke Heath
|
28 March 2001
|
|
Brinsford
|
28 March 2001
|
|
Wellingborough
|
10 April 2001
|
|
Littlehey
|
10 April 2001
|
|
Pentonville
|
25 April 2001
|
|
Wandsworth
|
25 April 2001
|
|
Liverpool
|
1 May 2001
|
| | |
|
Paul Goggins
| |
|
Brixton
|
2 June 2003
|
|
Onley
|
12 June 2003
|
|
Wandsworth
|
19 June 2003
|
|
Pentonville
|
7 July 2003
|
|
Styal
|
21 July 2003
|
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|
Frankland
|
21 August 2003
|
|
Birmingham
|
6 September 2003
|
|
Liverpool
|
10 September 2003
|
|
Brixton
|
15 September 2003
|
|
Wealstun
|
9 October 2003
|
|
Holloway
|
23 October 2003
|
|
Everthorpe
|
11 November 2003
|
|
Whitemoor
|
11 December 2003
|
|
Garth
|
10 December 2003
|
|
Wymott
|
10 December 2003
|
|
Whitemoor
|
12 December 2003
|
|
Manchester
|
25 December 2003
|
|
Styal
|
22 January 2004
|
|
Wandsworth
|
27 January 2004
|
|
Belmarsh
|
3 February 2004
|
|
Manchester
|
9 February 2004
|
|
New Hall
|
25 February 2004
|
|
Wandsworth
|
4 March 2004
|
|
Norwich
|
10 March 2004
|
|
Ford
|
11 March 2004
|
|
Holme House
|
18 March 2004
|
|
Bedford
|
21 April 2004
|
|
Birmingham
|
23 April 2004
|
|
The Verne
|
28 April 2004
|
|
The Weare
|
28 April 2004
|
|
Low Newton
|
6 May 2004
|
|
Cardiff
|
17 June 2004
|
|
Wandsworth
|
30 June 2004
|
|
Exeter
|
16 September 2004
|
|
Dartmoor
|
17 September 2004
|
|
Askham Grange
|
21 October 2004
|
|
Parkhurst
|
11 November 2004
|
|
Camp Hill
|
11 November 2004
|
|
Albany
|
11 November 2004
|
|
Elmley
|
18 November 2004
|
|
Swaleside
|
18 November 2004
|
|
Gloucester
|
29 November 2004
|
|
Brixton
|
9 December 2004
|
|
Forest Bank
|
25 December 2004
|
|
Grendon
|
13 January 2005
|
|
Springhill
|
13 January 2005
|
|
Lancaster Castle
|
27 January 2005
|
|
Lancaster Farms
|
27 January 2005
|
|
Liverpool
|
24 February 2005
|
|
Usk
|
2 March 2005
|
|
Prescoed
|
2 March 2005
|
|
Featherstone
|
3 March 2005
|
|
Preston
|
10 March 2005
|
|
Styal
|
17 March 2005
|
|
Peterborough
|
23 March 2005
|
|
Ranby
|
24 March 2005
|
| | |
|
George Howarth
| |
|
Feltham
|
10 July 1997
|
|
Moorland
|
2 September 1997
|
|
Lindholme
|
2 September 1997
|
|
Lancaster Castle
|
13 October 1997
|
|
Lancaster Farms
|
13 October 1997
|
|
Wetherby
|
4 November 1997
|
|
Thorn Cross
|
6 November 1997
|
|
Channings Wood
|
26 November 1997
|
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Liverpool
|
15 December 1997
|
|
Portland
|
13 January 1998
|
|
Manchester
|
26 January 1998
|
|
Usk/Prescoed
|
29 January 1998
|
|
Huntercombe
|
17 February 1998
|
|
Pentonville
|
7 April 1998
|
|
Reading
|
23 July1998
|
|
Hindley
|
7 January 1999
|
|
Cardiff
|
26 January 1999
|
| | |
|
Beverley Hughes
| |
|
Feltham
|
16 January 2001
|
|
Feltham
|
20 June 2001
|
|
Parc
|
22 June 2001
|
|
Brixton
|
5 July 2001
|
|
Risley
|
9 July 2001
|
|
Leeds
|
8 August 2001
|
|
East Sutton Park
|
4 September 2001
|
|
Full Sutton
|
10 October 2001
|
|
Belmarsh
|
24 January 2002
|
|
Leyhill
|
31 January 2002
|
|
Cardiff
|
1 February 2002
|
|
Nottingham
|
5 February 2002
|
|
Huntercombe
|
7 February 2002
|
|
Whitemoor
|
7 March 2002
|
|
Bristol
|
14 March 2002
|
|
Low Newton
|
18 March 2002
|
|
BullwoodHall
|
9 May 2002
|
| | |
|
Fiona Mactaggart
| |
|
Holloway
|
17 May 2005
|
|
Feltham YOI
|
20 May 2005
|
|
Frankland
|
1 June 2005
|
|
Leicester
|
25 July 2005
|
|
Holloway
|
27 July 2005
|
|
Durham
|
15 August 2005
|
|
Kirklevington Grange
|
15 August 2005
|
|
Reading
|
17 August 2005
|
|
Eastwood Park
|
22 August 2005
|
|
Gloucester
|
22 August 2005
|
|
Bristol
|
23 August 2005
|
|
Dorchester
|
23 August 2005
|
|
Wandsworth
|
13 September 2005
|
|
Rochester
|
15 September 2005
|
|
Lewes
|
26 September 2005
|
|
Downview
|
29 September 2005
|
|
Birmingham
|
30 November 2005
|
|
Bullingdon
|
12 December 2005
|
|
Dartmoor
|
23 December 2005
|
|
Belmarsh
|
14 February 2006
|
|
Coldingley
|
16 February 2005
|
|
Hindley
|
10 April 2006
|
|
Wakefield
|
11 April 2006
|
|
New Hall
|
11 April 2006
|
| | |
|
Baroness Scotland of Asthal
| |
|
Bristol
|
16 October 2003
|
|
Manchester
|
26 May 2005
|
|
Wellington
|
16 June 2005
|
|
Brixton
|
30 June 2005
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Pentonville
|
12 July 2005
|
|
Liverpool
|
15 July 2005
|
|
Altcourse
|
15 July 2005
|
|
Chlemsford
|
3 October 2005
|
|
Askham Grange
|
4 November 2005
|
|
Wetherby
|
4 November 2005
|
|
Preston
|
24 November 2005
|
|
Wandsworth
|
8 March 2006
|
|
Wormwood Scrubs
|
8 March 2006
|
|
Parc
|
9 March 2006
|
| | |
|
Gerry Sutcliffe
| |
|
Holloway
|
25 May 2006
|
|
Leeds
|
26 May 2006
|
| | |
|
Lord Williams of Mostyn
| |
|
Wandsworth
|
19 June 1998
|
|
Belmarsh
|
19 June 1998
|
|
Coldingley
|
6 August 1998
|
|
Cardiff
|
26 August 1998
|
|
Manchester
|
9 September 1998
|
|
Woodhill
|
11 September 1998
|
|
Parc
|
14 September 1998
|
|
Thorn Cross
|
16 September 1998
|
|
Blakenhurst
|
18 September 1998
|
|
Cookham Wood
|
22 September 1998
|
|
Rochester
|
22 September 1998
|
|
Brixton
|
25 September 1998
|
|
Whitemoor
|
29 September 1998
|
|
High Point
|
29 September 1998
|
|
Doncaster
|
9 October 1998
|
|
Lindholme
|
9 October 1998
|
|
Bristol
|
23 October 1998
|
|
Elmley
|
30 October 1998
|
|
Gloucester
|
31 October 1998
|
|
Brockhill
|
13 November 1998
|
|
Heysham site
|
20 November 1998
|
|
Preston
|
20 November 1998
|
|
Garth
|
27 November 1998
|
|
Wymott
|
27 November 1998
|
|
The Verne
|
11 December 1998
|
|
Weare
|
11 December 1998
|
|
Newbold Revel
|
4 February 1999
|
|
Haverigg
|
5 February 1999
|
|
Newbold Revel
|
16 February 1999
|
|
Woodhill
|
18 February 1999
|
|
Buckley Hall
|
19 February 1999
|
|
Gloucester
|
20 February 1999
|
|
Sudbury
|
26 February 1999
|
|
Glen Parva
|
5 March 1999
|
|
Kirkham
|
9 April 1999
|
|
Lancaster
|
9 April 1999
|
|
Birmingham
|
16 April 1999
|
|
Holloway
|
12 May 1999
|
|
Bullwood Hall
|
14 May 1999
|
|
Chelmsford
|
14 May 1999
|
|
Huntercombe
|
28 May 1999
|
|
Buckley Hall
|
2 June 1999
|
|
Wymott
|
2 June 1999
|
|
Cardiff
|
4 June 1999
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Eastwood Park
|
4 June 1999
|
|
Blundeston
|
25 June 1999
|
|
Askham Grange
|
9 July 1999
|
|
Wetherby
|
9 July 1999
|
|
Wakefield
|
23 July 1999
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