United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 119802
Prisoners
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10 March 2026
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the prison population in England and Wales over the next five years.
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10 March 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the prison population in England and Wales over the next five years.
Source: Commons
17 March 2026
Answer
On 29 January 2026, we published our second annual statement on prison capacity, which sets out the prison projections up to November 2032 and our assessment of them: Ministry of Justice – Annual Statement on Prison Capacity: 2025.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-03-10/119802
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1889359
- uk · wq-1889359 · source updated 17 March 2026