Question follow-through · 9805
Prisons: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to confirm whether any of his Department’s 14,000 planned new prison places aiming to be built by 2031 are due to hold women.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 15 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
15 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to confirm whether any of his Department’s 14,000 planned new prison places aiming to be built by 2031 are due to hold women.
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2026
Answer published
The 14,000 additional prison places this Government aims to deliver by 2031 are being delivered across the Adult Male estate.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Probate: Standards
8 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he made of the reasons for the increase in probate processing times.
Wills
9 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Royal Wills and (b) other Wills have been sealed since 1911; and whether he has assessed the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prohibit the sealing of Royal Wills.
Youth Custody
15 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which organisations, departments and practitioners the Department is consulting in the development of the forthcoming Youth Custody Transformation Plan; what the planned timeline is for developing and publishing