Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 100627
Prison Accommodation
Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 23 December 2025
Question
Shaun Davies
Labour — Telford
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of his Department's progress towards its target of increasing prison capacity.
Answer
Jake RichardsThis Government inherited a prison system in collapse. We have taken decisive action to put prison capacity on a sustainable footing and end the cycle of repeated crises. We have committed to the largest expansion of the estate since the Victorians, inves...
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