Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 114255

Prison Accommodation

Tabled: 20 February 2026

Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of available prison spaces.

Answer

Jake Richards

As set out in the December 2024 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, this Government is committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places and aims to do so by 2031. Our build programme consists of the construction of four new prisons, including HMP ...

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