Question follow-through · 19856
Prisons: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his department's policy to build more prisons.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
- Shoplifting: Prosecutions · 8 Sept 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his department's policy to build more prisons.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 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 across England and Wales and have already delivered around 3,300 places since July 2024. We remain on track to meet this co...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Shoplifting: Prosecutions
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to support the Crown Prosecution Service in pursuing shop-lifting cases.
Motor Vehicles: Theft
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to support the Crown Prosecution Service in pursuing motor vehicle theft cases.