Prisons: Construction and Planning
Commons · Question 43034 · Tabled 1 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison places for the estate in England were (a) under construction and (b) in planning, in (i) new build prisons (ii) prison extensions and small secure houseblocks and (iii) other projects as of May 20
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 9 Apr 2025
As outlined in the recently published 10-year Prison Capacity Strategy, this Government is committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places through the 20,000 prison place programmes. This Government will deliver what the previous administration...