Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress he has made on increasing the number of prison places in Staffordshire.
We are investing £3.8 billion over the next three years to deliver 20,000 additional, modern prison places, including 2,000 temporary prison places, across England and Wales, by the mid-2020s. This includes 60 places at HMP/YOI Swinfen Hall in Staffordshire.
Sites have not yet been confirmed for all additional spaces. Feasibility and scoping work have been initiated to identify expansion opportunities across the existing estate. Final decisions will be taken on each site once site surveys and investigations have been completed.