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Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the net change in prison places since 5 July 2024.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
5 Dec 2024
Target answer date
10 Dec 2024
Answer
10 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the net change in prison places since 5 July 2024.

  2. 10 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The capacity of the prison estate is published weekly and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2024.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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