Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many places will be created by building of additional housing blocks at HMPs (a) Bullingdon, (b) Channings Wood, (c) Elmley, (d) Highpoint, (e) Hindley, (f) Wayland, (g) Guys Marsh and (h) Stocken; and if he will publish a timetable for completion of those blocks.

We are investing £3.8bn over the next three years to deliver 20,000 additional prison place by the mid 2020s. We are on track to deliver these places which include the new houseblocks at HMPS Bullingdon, Channings Wood, Elmley, Highpoint, Hindley, Wayland, Guys Marsh and Stocken.