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Prisons: Construction

Commons · Question 13101 · Tabled 25 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 2 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his Department’s policy to build more prisons.

Answer

Answered by Jake Richards, 2 Jul 2026

As set out in the December 2024 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, we are committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places across England and Wales and have already delivered around 3,200 places since July 2024. We remain on track to meet this co...