Question follow-through · 3329
HMP/YOI Hindley: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her planned timetable is for the expansion of HMP Hindley.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her planned timetable is for the expansion of HMP Hindley.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
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9 Sept 2024
Answer published
The expansion at HMP Hindley will deliver c.500 places through two new houseblocks, as part of our wider prison build programme. The contract is being finalised and once concluded we expect the construction period to take c.3 years.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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