Guidance
HMPPS Welsh Language Scheme 2024 to 2027
This scheme sets out how HMPPS will ensure that anyone receiving services or communicating with HMPPS in Wales can do so in either English or Welsh.
Applies to England and Wales
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Details
In line with the Welsh Language Act 1993 and subsequent Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011, His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) continues to adopt the principle that in the conduct of public business and the administration of justice in Wales, it will treat the English and Welsh languages on a basis of equality.
Updates to this page
Published 15 October 2025