Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 20060
Prisons: Leicester
Tabled: 13 December 2024
Answered: 23 December 2024
Question
Shivani Raja
Conservative — Leicester East
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to (a) ensure that current prison expansion plans are sufficient to meet projected demand and (b) prevent potential overcrowding in prisons serving Leicester and the surroundin
Answer
Sir Nicholas DakinOur 10-year Prison Capacity strategy published on 11 December sets out plans to deliver 14,000 prison places the previous Government promised but failed to deliver. It also sets out our plans to maintain the places in our estate to ensure we have sufficie...
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