Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2026 to question 28100 on Prisons: construction, what is the breakdown by prison of the hundreds of new prison places that will be delivered in the next two years.

We remain committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places and aim to do so by 2031, as set out in the December 2024 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy.

Based on current delivery plans, we expect to deliver additional capacity at the following prisons by the end of 2028 under the Prison Supply programmes:

*For sites delivering over 10 places, and the overall total, figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 and are subject to minor changes.

As set out in the Lord Chancellor’s announcement of 1 September 2026, we have committed to delivering further additional prison places through converting existing prison spaces into operational cells and have bought forward £110 million of existing funding to deliver these. The locations at which additional places will be delivered, and the exact number of places at each site, will be determined following feasibility assessments and work across the estate. Dates are forecast and subject to movement in construction and mobilisation programmes.