Oral Question·Ministry of Justice
“What steps her Department is taking to increase prison capacity.”
Tabled: 22 January 2025Answered: 28 January 2025
Asked by
Mark Sewards
Labour — Leeds South West and Morley
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Justice
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Sir Nicholas Dakin)
We took immediate action to prevent the collapse of the prison system by implementing SDS40. We are building 14,000 new prison places and have published our 10-year capacity strategy. We have launched an independent sentencing review, so that we never run out of prison places again.