Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether HMP Welland Oaks will have an underfloor heating system.

All our new prisons, including HMP Welland Oaks, will feature under floor heating in cell accommodation and many of the ancillary space areas.

Underfloor heating is cheaper to run and safer in prisons because it operates at lower temperatures than traditional radiators, reducing energy costs, working efficiently with low-carbon heat pumps, distributing heat more evenly to minimise heat loss, and eliminating exposed radiators that could be damaged, tampered with, or cause injury.