Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) operational and (b) actual accommodation capacity was for prisons in Wales (i) in each of the last three years and (ii) for the most recent period in which data was available, by prison.

The operational capacity is the actual capacity of a prison. It is the total number of prisoners that an establishment can hold taking into account control, security and the proper operation of the planned regime. It is determined by Prison Group Directors as set out in the Certified Prisoner Accommodation Policy Framework.

The operational capacity of all prisons in England and Wales is published monthly here: Prison population statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

The data for prisons in Wales for the last Friday in September between 2020 and 2023, has been replicated below.