United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 150582
Prisons: Overcrowding
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22 February 2023
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28 February 2023 · Answer
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28 February 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether the prison estate will reach full capacity; and whether his Department is taking steps to help increase capacity in prisons.
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22 February 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether the prison estate will reach full capacity; and whether his Department is taking steps to help increase capacity in prisons.
Source: Commons
28 February 2023
Answer
As our forecast published on 23 February (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-projections-2022-to-2027) sets out, we expect the prison population to rise over the coming years. This is due to the recruitment of an additional 23,000 ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-02-22/150582
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1588207
- uk · wq-1588207 · source updated 28 February 2023