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Prisons: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prisons have been (a) planned and (b) approved since 5 July 2024.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
13 Nov 2025
Answer
20 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prisons have been (a) planned and (b) approved since 5 July 2024.

  2. 13 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    As set out in the December 2024 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, we are committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places and aim to do so by 2031; we have already delivered c.2,600 of these since taking office.No new prisons have been (a) plann...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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