Official statistics announcement

Prison Performance Ratings: 2020 to 2021

Annual performance ratings of prison establishments in England and Wales.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Published: 12 May 2021
• Last updated: 12 May 2021 — See all updates

• Proposed release: 29 July 2021 9:30am
• Cancellation date: 12 May 2021 2:27pm

Statistics release cancelled

Prison performance reporting was suspended between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021 due to COVID-19. This allowed prisons to implement Exceptional Delivery Models and recovery plans to manage the pandemic. As a result, the Annual Prison Performance Ratings will not be published in July 2021. It is planned for prison performance monitoring to be reintroduced during 2021/22 with prison performance ratings published in July 2022.