United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 39727
Prisons: Construction
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19 March 2025
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27 March 2025 · Answer
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27 March 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prison places have been created since July 2024.
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19 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prison places have been created since July 2024.
Source: Commons
27 March 2025
Answer
As outlined in the 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, this Government is committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places and aims to do so by 2031. Since July 2024, c.700 additional prison places have been created through new, modern houseblocks...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-19/39727
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1786517
- uk · wq-1786517 · source updated 27 March 2025