Prison Accommodation: Expenditure

(asked on 31st January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Ministry of Justice: spend control data for April 2022 to June 2022 published on 30 September 2022, how many Rapid Deployment Cells (a) have already been built and (b) are scheduled to be built in connection with the listed £60,000,000 expenditure.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 13th February 2023

We are delivering 1,000 Rapid Deployment Cells, with the majority being delivered in 2023. These modular units will include both accommodation units and ancillaries.

a) As of 31 January 2023, a total of 489 modular units, including accommodation and ancillaries, have been fully manufactured with some modular units already installed on sites as part of Tranche 1 of the Rapid Deployment Cells Programme.

b) Additionally, a further 81 Tranche 1 units are scheduled to be manufactured in connection with the listed £60,000,000 expenditure.

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