Prison Accommodation
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison places have been added to the estate since 5 July 2024.
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin
475 places have been delivered as part of the 20,000 place prison programmes since this Government took office on 5 July 2024. We will be publishing a 10 year capacity strategy by the end of the year.
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