Question follow-through · 39727
Prisons: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prison places have been created since July 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 27 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
- Youth Justice · 25 Mar 2025
- Youth Justice · 25 Mar 2025
- Criminal Records · 9 May 2025
- Offenders: Discrimination · 9 May 2025
- Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 · 9 May 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prison places have been created since July 2024.
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Mar 2025
Answer published
As outlined in the 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, this Government is committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places and aims to do so by 2031. Since July 2024, c.700 additional prison places have been created through new, modern houseblocks...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Youth Justice
25 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce the time taken to complete youth justice cases.
Youth Justice
25 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the time taken to complete cases on (a) youth offenders and (b) victims.
Criminal Records
9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that spent convictions are not considered once spent.
Offenders: Discrimination
9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that organisations do not discriminate against people with spent convictions.
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Offenders
9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance her Department provides to (a) employers, (b) landlords and (c) other entities to ensure they properly understand and respect the rights of people with spent convictions.
Offenders
9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans her Department has to strengthen the protection of people with spent convictions, in the context of technological advancements in data sharing.
Prison Officers: Retirement
30 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reducing the retirement age for prison officers in line with (a) police officers and (b) firefighters.
Prison Officers: Conditions of Employment
30 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve (a) working conditions and (b) infrastructure for prison officers.
Prisons: Rodents
30 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisons have rats: and what steps she taking to tackle this.
Prison Officers: Retirement
30 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the retirement age for prison officers given the (a) mental and (b) physical health challenges of the role.
Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence
30 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the level of violence against prison officers in prisons.