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Prisons: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what immediate steps she is taking to tackle prison overcrowding while awaiting the conclusions of the 2025 Prison Capacity Review.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
21 Feb 2025
Target answer date
25 Feb 2025
Answer
4 Mar 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what immediate steps she is taking to tackle prison overcrowding while awaiting the conclusions of the 2025 Prison Capacity Review.

  2. 25 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Review into the Handling of Prison Capacity will report its findings in spring 2025, and we will carefully consider any recommendations to help future governments to avoid the cycle of repeated prison capacity crises. We are aiming to deliver 14,000 a...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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