Question follow-through · 5747
Prison Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 29 May 2026 to Questions 2824 and 2825 on Prisons: Overcrowding, at what annual rate his Department projects delivering the remaining c.10,900 places required to meet the 14,000-place t
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 1 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 29 May 2026 to Questions 2824 and 2825 on Prisons: Overcrowding, at what annual rate his Department projects delivering the remaining c.10,900 places required to meet the 14,000-place t
3 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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9 Jun 2026
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 have delivered c.3,100 since July 2024. We remain on track to meet our commitment by 2031.Projections for the annual ra...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Defamation: Social Media
9 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current libel laws in the context of social media.
Ministry of Justice: Translation Services
18 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department are employed wholly or primarily to support the provision of multilingual communications and services; and what is the cost to the public purse of such staff.
Youth Justice
18 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of regional disparities in the proportion of diversionary outcomes for children in the youth justice system.
Youth Justice: Standards
18 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that youth justice services have adequate resources and capacity to deliver diversionary interventions at scale.
Child Arrangements Orders
25 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether guidance issued to family courts on child arrangements includes consideration of a child's routines, friendships, extracurricular activities and educational commitments.
Juries: Allowances
25 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of jury service loss-of-earnings allowances in meeting the cost of living of jurors.
Juries
25 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce unnecessary waiting times for jurors attending court.
Youth Custody: Reviews
7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he will publish an implementation plan for the recommendations contained in the Trowler Review.
Youth Custody: Safety
7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who will chair the YCS Safeguarding Oversight Board and how its members will be appointed.
Youth Custody: Staff
7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff working in youth custodial settings have current Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
Youth Custody: Reviews
7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how local authorities, NHS bodies and safeguarding partnerships will be involved in implementing the recommendations of the Trowler Review.
Prisons: Construction
8 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prisons have been (a) planned and (b) approved since 5 July 2024.