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Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what locations he plans to create new prison places.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
11 Nov 2025
Answer
17 Nov 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what locations he plans to create new prison places.

  2. 11 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    As set out in the 10-year Prison Capacity Strategy, published in December 2024, we are delivering 14,000 additional prison places and are on track to do so by 2031, having already delivered c.2,600 since taking office.The remaining places will be delivere...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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