Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 40505

Prison Accommodation

Tabled: 24 March 2025

Answered: 27 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Gareth Snell

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the document entitled The number of prison places built and closed (2010-2024), published on 25 October 2024, if she will publish the number of prison places lost as a result of (a) prison closu

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

As set out in the quoted document in October 2024, the previous Government only managed to increase prison capacity by c.500 places between May 2010 and April 2024. A regional breakdown of the number of prison places removed during this period has been pr...

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