Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 39728

Prisons: Overcrowding

Tabled: 19 March 2025

Answered: 28 March 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the average daily cost of housing prisoners (a) under Operation Safeguard and (b) in standard prison accommodation.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

This Government inherited a prison system on the verge of collapse, which would have left the courts unable to send offenders to prison and the police unable to arrest dangerous criminals. We took decisive action and implemented changes to the standard de...

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