Oral Question·Ministry of Justice
“What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the condition of prisons.”
Tabled: 4 December 2024Answered: 10 December 2024
Asked by
Bobby Dean
Liberal Democrat — Carshalton and Wallington
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Justice
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Sir Nicholas Dakin)
The prison estate conditions survey programme is a live assessment of the condition of our estate, but there is still much to do. Approximately 4,000 cells were lost to dilapidation under the last Government. That is why we are investing £220 million in Prison and Probation Service maintenance in 2024-25, and up to £300 million in 2025-26.