Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 110477

Prisons: Construction

Tabled: 3 February 2026

Answered: 11 February 2026

Question

Dr Kieran Mullan

Conservative — Bexhill and Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to build new female prisons during this Parliament.

Answer

Jake Richards

We are committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places and aim to do so by 2031; we have already delivered more than 2,900 of these places since taking office.The 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy set out our ambition to establish a pipeline of ...

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