United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 98235
Prisons: Overcrowding
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1 October 2020
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6 October 2020 · Answer
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6 October 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to reduce overcrowding in prisons.
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1 October 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to reduce overcrowding in prisons.
Source: Commons
6 October 2020
Answer
We are committed to reducing crowding across the prison estate which is why we are investing up to £2.5bn to provide 10,000 additional prison places to ensure we have the prison places we need to manage incoming demand.In addition , we have already delive...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-10-01/98235
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1239752
- uk · wq-1239752 · source updated 6 October 2020