Prisons: Buildings
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the building maintenance backlog relating to prisons.
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin
To keep our prisons safe and secure, we are investing £220 million in prison and probation service maintenance in 2024-25, and up to £300 million in 2025-26. This is the largest investment in maintenance per annum since 2021-22.
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