Oral Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 16 April 2024Answered: 22 April 2024
Asked by
Tim Farron
Liberal Democrat — Westmorland and Lonsdale
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Sir Nicholas Dakin)
The right hon. Lady is right to raise this issue. We inherited historic under-investment in maintenance and a rising prison population. That is why we have already published our 10-year prison capacity strategy and have plans to invest £220 million in prison and probation service maintenance in ’24-25, and up to £300 million in ’25-26.