Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 110481
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 estimate he has made of the number of new prisons places that will result from the building of prisons that received planning approval since 5 July 2024; what his proposed timetable is for these prison place
Answer
Jake RichardsAs set out in the December 2024 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, we are committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places and aim to do so by 2031. Around 4,300 of these places have received planning permission since 5 July 2024. This includes f...
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