Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 17067

Prisons: Construction

Tabled: 8 July 2026
Answered: 14 July 2026
Named Day

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

ConservativeFylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prisons have been (a) planned and (b) approved since 5 July 2024.

Answer

Jake Richards
As 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; we have already delivered c.3,200 of these since taking office.No new prisons have been (a) plann...

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