United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 100652
Prison Accommodation
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10 January 2022
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18 January 2022 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of potential prison capacity in (a) five and (b) ten years' time.
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10 January 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of potential prison capacity in (a) five and (b) ten years' time.
Source: Commons
18 January 2022
Answer
As at 7 January 2022, the total operational capacity of prisons in England and Wales was 81,291. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes weekly prison population and capacity information through the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collection...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-01-10/100652
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1401458
- uk · wq-1401458 · source updated 18 January 2022