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Prisons: Women

Asked by Siân BerryGreen PartyMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 23 June 2026UIN 9805

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to confirm whether any of his Department’s 14,000 planned new prison places aiming to be built by 2031 are due to hold women.

Answered by Jake Richards

The 14,000 additional prison places this Government aims to deliver by 2031 are being delivered across the Adult Male estate.

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