Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 73611

Prison Accommodation

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

Conservative — Huntingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress she has made on the Rapid Deployment Cells project.

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones

As outlined in the December 2024 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, this Government is committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places through the 20,000 prison places programmes.The Rapid Deployment Cells Programme is a key part of our strategy...

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