Prisoners
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of prison population in England and Wales.
Answered by Jake Richards
On 29 January 2026, we published our second annual statement on prison capacity, which sets out the prison projections up to November 2032 and our assessment of them: Ministry of Justice – Annual Statement on Prison Capacity: 2025.
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