Prisons: Construction
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prisons have been (a) planned and (b) approved since 5 July 2024.
Answered by Jake Richards
As set out in the December 2024 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, we are committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places and aim to do so by 2031; we have already delivered c.2,600 of these since taking office.
No new prisons have been (a) planned or (b) approved since 5 July 2024.
However, since 5 July 2024, the delivery of c.1,080 places have been approved through the Small Secure Houseblocks programme at the following sites:
HMP Northumberland
HMP Lancaster Farms
HMP Humber
HMP Ranby
HMP Onley
HMP Erlestoke
We have also uplifted the Accelerated Houseblock Delivery Programme by c.125 places at HMP Wayland.
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