Prison Accommodation
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the 14,000 additional prison places will be delivered through the Rapid Deployment Cells project.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones
As outlined in the December 2024 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, this Government is committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places through the 20,000 prison places programmes.
The Rapid Deployment Cells Programme is a key part of our strategy to increase prison capacity and reduce pressure on the existing prison estate. Based on current plans, the programme will deliver approximately 1,800 places. As of September 2025, the project has installed 828 Rapid Deployment Cells across 16 sites.
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