Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 110305

Prison Sentences

Tabled: 2 February 2026

Answered: 10 February 2026

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Government action to avert summer prison disaster, published on 29 January 2026, what steps he has taken to help ensure that changes to sentencing do not

Answer

Jake Richards

The greatest risk to public safely is the risk of not being able to lock up dangerous offenders. Without the Sentencing Act, which received Royal Assent on 22 January, the country would have completely run out of prison places as early as June this year. ...

ⓘ

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 110305) →