Question follow-through · 89055

Prisons: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the original expected completion date was for all prisons currently scheduled for (a) construction and (b) expansion.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Ministry of Justice
Tabled
10 Nov 2025
Target answer date
13 Nov 2025
Answer
13 Nov 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the original expected completion date was for all prisons currently scheduled for (a) construction and (b) expansion.

  2. 13 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Under the previous Government, 20,000 additional prison places were planned for delivery by the mid-2020s. By July 2024, c.6,000 of these places had been delivered. As set out in the 10-year Prison Capacity Strategy, this Government has committed to deliv...

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