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UIN 53712
Prisons: Construction
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20 May 2025
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2 June 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Category A, (b) Category B, (c) Category C and (d) Category D prison spaces her Department plans to build by 2031 as part of the Prison Capacity Strategy.
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20 May 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Category A, (b) Category B, (c) Category C and (d) Category D prison spaces her Department plans to build by 2031 as part of the Prison Capacity Strategy.
Source: Commons
2 June 2025
Answer
The prison population has nearly doubled in the past three decades, with just 500 extra prison places added in the last 14 years. To put an end to this crisis, the Government confirmed plans to invest £4.7 billion more in prison building, putting the Gove...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-05-20/53712
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1804693
- uk · wq-1804693 · source updated 2 June 2025