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Prison Estate Transformation Programme: Expenditure

Asked by Fred ThomasLabourMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 6 December 2024UIN 17677

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) total cost and (b) cost for each new prison place was for the Prison Estate Transformation Programme between 2016 and 2019.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

The total cost of the prison places delivered by the Prison Estate Transformation Programme (PETP) was c.£37.4m. The cost per place was c.£182k. This includes some places delivered in 2020 where they relate to the phased delivery of a single project.

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