Prison Accommodation

(asked on 23rd March 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the gap between projected prison demand and planned prison capacity.


Answered by
Jake Richards Portrait
Jake Richards
Assistant Whip
This question was answered on 1st April 2026

On 29 January 2026, we published our second annual statement on prison capacity, which sets out the projected prison demand and planned prison capacity up to November 2032: Ministry of Justice – Annual Statement on Prison Capacity: 2025.

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