Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on establishing women's residential centres in Wales as part of his Department's Female Offender Strategy.

On 5 May 2020, the Government announced the first Residential Women’s Centre will be in Wales. Working closely with partners, including the Welsh Government and local authorities, we are making good progress towards the purchase of a site which, if successful, would then be submitted into a planning application process.

We have developed a specification for the service delivery and building design in partnership with providers, probation staff and women with lived experience amongst others.