Question follow-through · 48661
HMP Channings Wood: Prison Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Rapid Deployment Cells are in use at Channings Wood.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 28 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 7 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Rapid Deployment Cells are in use at Channings Wood.
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 May 2025
Answer published
Whilst there are not any Rapid Deployment Cells (RDCs) currently in use at HMP Channings Wood, there are 30 RDCs in construction at the site. We expect these to be operational by the end of 2025.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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