Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 15989
Prisons: Overcrowding
Tabled: 6 July 2026
Answered: 14 July 2026
Question
Wendy Morton
Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has received advice on emergency prison capacity measures; what operational thresholds would trigger additional contingency arrangements; and whether programme risk registers identify capacity as a cri
Answer
Jake RichardsThe Ministry of Justice publishes annual prison population projections for England and Wales in the Prison Capacity Annual Statement. The 2025 Annual Statement is available here: Annual Statement on Prison Capacity: 2025 - GOV.UK. The next Statement is sc...
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