Question follow-through · 12203
Prison Accommodation: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison cells were not in use due to (a) disrepair and (b) poor estate conditions in October 2024.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 31 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2024 · 11 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
31 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison cells were not in use due to (a) disrepair and (b) poor estate conditions in October 2024.
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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11 Nov 2024
Answer published
This Government has inherited a prison system in crisis, with infrastructure crumbling, dangerous jails and our hardworking staff under immense pressure. We have taken difficult, but necessary action to urgently reduce capacity pressures and save prisons ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Prisons: Construction
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Offences against Children
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Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals
11 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12200 on Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals, if she will break down that data by crime category.
Homicide and Sexual Offences
12 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been sentenced for (a) murder, (b) rape and (c) other sex offences in each year for the previous ten years, broken down by primary language.
Prisoners: Social Media
13 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of people in prison for offences related to the use of social media broken down by offence.
Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals
15 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12200 on Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals, how many (a) non-violent and (b) violent foreign national reoffences there were in each of the last five years.
Stalking: Convictions
15 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12201 on Stalking: Convictions, whether her Department collects data on foreign national offenders found guilty of stalking involving fear of violence.
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18 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of convictions for child sex offences did not result in a custodial sentence in in each of the last ten years.
Offences against Children
18 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals per nationality were convicted of child sex offences in each of the last ten years.
Courts: Interpreters
20 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of court cases have required a translator for each of the last 10 years.
Courts: Fines
20 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total amount of outstanding court fines are.
Courts: Fines
20 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the total amount written off in court fine accounts for each of the last 10 years.