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Prison Accommodation

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 18 June 2026UIN 8907

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the full breakdown by prison of the 14,000 prison places due to be delivered by 2031.

Answered by Jake Richards

This Government is delivering 14,000 additional prison places through the Prison Supply Programmes (PSPs) and aims to do so by 2031. The PSPs are delivered through a portfolio approach, with final scope, phasing and site‑level delivery subject to planning decisions, commercial processes and wider programme risks. As we manage down contingency places that were built into the PSPs to safeguard delivery, this information is liable to change.

The below table includes sites already completed as part of the c.3,100 places delivered by this Government. In addition to the projects delivering at the below sites, we are also delivering at other sites across the prison estate through the refurbishment or reconfiguration of individual cells.

We are delivering the following:

Site

Places

HMP Altcourse

10

HMP Ashfield

16

HMP Birmingham

301

HMP Bullingdon

247

HMP Channings Wood

524

HMP Cookham Wood

180

HMP Dartmoor

104

HMP Deerbolt

60

HMP Elmley

247

HMP Erlestoke

180

HMP Ford

360

HMP Forest Bank

20

HMP Fosse Way

299

New Prison in Lancashire

1,715

New Prison in Buckinghamshire

1,468

HMP Guys Marsh

180

HMP Haverigg

60

HMP Highpoint

741

HMP Hindley

741

HMP Holme House

21

HMP Humber

120

HMP Kirklevington Grange

152

HMP Lancaster Farms

240

HMP Leyhill

97

HMP Liverpool

306

HMP Millsike

1,468

HMP Northumberland

240

HMP Norwich

170

HMP Onley

180

HMP Parc

258

HMP Prescoed

80

HMP Ranby

120

HMP Rye Hill

458

HMP Standford Hill

240

HMP Stocken

214

HMP Sudbury

120

HMP The Mount

50

HMP The Verne

40

HMP Warren Hill

93

HMP Wayland

290

HMP Welland Oaks

1,715

HMP Whatton

59

Total

14,184

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