Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 30847
Prisons: Construction
Tabled: 11 February 2025
Answered: 19 February 2025
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to achieve the construction of 14,000 additional prison places by 2031.
Answer
Sir Nicholas DakinThis Government will build the prison places that the previous Government promised but failed to deliver because of their inability to stand up to their own backbenches.We are investing over £2.3 billion in prison building this year and next. The Lord Cha...
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