Question follow-through · 121513
Young Offender Institutions: Capital Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate has his Department made for capital spending on the youth secure estate for the next year.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 25 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate has his Department made for capital spending on the youth secure estate for the next year.
19 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Mar 2026
Answer published
Budget allocation for the 2026/27 financial year within the Department has not yet been concluded and as such forecasted spend on the youth secure estate has not been committed.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Young Offender Institutions: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
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Translation Services
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Prison Officers: Misconduct
19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have been (a) arrested, (b) charged, and (c) prosecuted for having illicit relationships with prison inmates in each year since 2020, broken down by offence group.
Youth Custody Service: Finance
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding has been allocated to the Youth Custody Service for the next five years.
Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding has been provided to legal aid providers to represent appellants in the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber in each year since 2020, broken down by (a) ethnicity, and (b) nationali
Prison Officers: Prisoners
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison inmates have had illicit relationships with prison officers in each year since 2010, broken down by offence group.
Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much legal aid funding has been provided to appellants in the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber in each year since 2020, broken down by (a) ethnicity, and (b) nationality of the appellant.
Youth Custody Service: Safety
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps is he taking to improve the safety of officers in the Youth Custody Service.
Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal aid providers have represented appellants in the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber in each year since 2020.
Secure Accommodation: Young Offenders
23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate has his department made of the size of the (a) youth custody population, (b) youth secure estate for the next five years.
Prisons: Ministers of Religion
24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) chaplains, (b) rabbis, (c) imams, (d) other religious ministers have been attached to each prison in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
Prisons: Ramadan
24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the organisations authorised to send religious and welfare packs to prisons in England and Wales for (a) Ramadan and (b) Eid.