Prison Accommodation
Commons · Question 40505 · Tabled 24 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Gareth Snell
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the document entitled The number of prison places built and closed (2010-2024), published on 25 October 2024, if she will publish the number of prison places lost as a result of (a) prison closu
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 27 Mar 2025
As set out in the quoted document in October 2024, the previous Government only managed to increase prison capacity by c.500 places between May 2010 and April 2024. A regional breakdown of the number of prison places removed during this period has been pr...