Prison Accommodation
(asked on 6th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many operational prison cells were there in each year since 2010.
This question was answered on 11th January 2023
The operational capacity of the prison estate is best understood by the number of places rather than number of cells, and this is how data is recorded by HMPPS. A table showing the total useable operational capacity of the prison system as at the end of January since 2007 has been provided below.
Year | January |
2007 | 80375 |
2008 | 80778 |
2009 | 84902 |
2010 | 86313 |
2011 | 88009 |
2012 | 89399 |
2013 | 90105 |
2014 | 85657 |
2015 | 88286 |
2016 | 87969 |
2017 | 86595 |
2018 | 86749 |
2019 | 85079 |
2020 | 85049 |
2021 | 81072 |
2022 | 81292 |
6th Jan 2023 | 84431 |