Letter to Ministers: 10 years on from the Coates Review
Letter from HM Chief Inspector of Prisons and HM Chief Inspector of Ofsted to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, November 2026
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Letter from HM Chief Inspector of Prisons and HM Chief Inspector of Ofsted to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, November 2026