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Prison Accommodation: Midlands and South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 17th November 2025, to question 88464 on Prison Accommodation, how many a) places at new prisons, b) permanent cells at existing prisons and c) Rapid Deployment Cells will form the 3,250

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
19 Nov 2025
Target answer date
24 Nov 2025
Answer
27 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 19 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 17th November 2025, to question 88464 on Prison Accommodation, how many a) places at new prisons, b) permanent cells at existing prisons and c) Rapid Deployment Cells will form the 3,250

  2. 24 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    As set out in the 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, published in December 2024, we are delivering an additional 14,000 prison places, and aim to do so by 2031, having already delivered c.2,600 since taking office. The following table provides a breakdown ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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