Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer on 21 November 2023 to Question 2298 on Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance, when his Department plans to finish the survey work on the condition of the fabric and critical infrastructure in prisons including the backlog of maintenance works.

Fieldwork for the programme of condition surveys was completed earlier this month. The final quality-assured set of surveyors’ reports are due to be delivered by the end of December. Further analysis of the full data set will then be required to estimate maintenance backlogs and forward costs.