Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with Natural Resources Wales on plans to build a prison on land in the Baglan Industrial Estate.

The Ministry of Justice has had a number of discussions with relevant stakeholders relating to the development of the Baglan site in Port Talbot. Specifically, consultants, on behalf of the department, have been in contact with Natural Resource Wales to confirm the re-classification of the Baglan site from a C2 to a C1 classified site.

(A C2 classified zone is described as areas of the floodplain without significant flood defence infrastructure. A C1 classified zone is described as areas of the floodplain which are developed and served by significant infrastructure, including flood defences.)