Prison Accommodation
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, 10K Additional Prison Places Estate Expansion Houseblocks and Refurbishments, on what date was the project’s end-date changed from 05 August 2029 to 05 February 2031.
Answered by Ministry of Justice
The following places have been delivered/are to be delivered as part of the Houseblocks and Refurbishments programme:
Site | Category | Places delivered |
HMP Stocken | Category C | 210 |
HMP High down | Category C | 90 |
HMP Liverpool | Category B | 80 |
HMP Cookham Wood | Category C | 180 |
HMP Haverigg | Category D | 220 |
HMP Swinfen Hall | Category C | 60 |
HMP Aylesbury | Youth Custody | 190 |
HMP Feltham | Youth Custody | 140 |
Site | Category | Places to be delivered |
HMP Guys Marsh | Category C | 180 |
HMP Liverpool | Category B | 300 |
HMP Birmingham | Category B | 300 |
*Figures for places and the total of 2,000 places in the NISTA report have been rounded. We have also delivered further places at other sites across the prison estate through the refurbishment or reconfiguration of individual cells.
The forecast completion date for the Houseblocks & Refurbishments Programme was approved to move from 5 August 2029 to 5 February 2031 in September 2025. Programme timelines have been significantly impacted by the original contractor ISG Ltd entering administration in September 2024.
The NISTA Delivery Confidence Assessment is kept under regular review and updated accordingly.
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