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Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 17 January 2025UIN 22927

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2024 to Question 20225 on Prisons: Construction, what the status of the planning permission is for each site; and how many additional prison places are proposed in each location.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

The below table shows the four Rapid Deployment Cell Programme locations that have been affected by nutrient neutrality:

Name of site

Date Provisional Nutrient Credit Certificate received

Planning Permission status

Proposed number of places

HMP Deerbolt

16/09/2024

Planning application not yet submitted

60

HMP Holme House

16/09/2024

Planning approved

21

HMP Kirklevington Grange

16/09/2024

Planning approved

152

HMP Bure

N/A - mitigation ongoing

Planning application not yet submitted

c.60

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