Prison Accommodation
(asked on 15th September 2025) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 73845 on Prison Accommodation, how many of the 2,405 prisoners places were planned (a) prior to and (b) after the 5 July 2025; and on what date was each prison expansion signed off.
All 2,405 prison places delivered between July 2024 and 23 August 2025 referred to in Question 73845 were planned prior to 5 July 2025. The Full Business Cases (FBC) for each project were approved by HM Treasury on the following dates:
Site | Places | FBC Date |
HMP Millsike | 1,468 | May 2021 |
HMP Rye Hill | 458 | May 2021 |
HMP Stocken | 214 | June 2022 |
HMP Sudbury | 120 | March 2022 |
HMP Cookham Wood | 70 | June 2024* |
HMP Fosse Way | 54 | July 2020 |
HMP Holme House | 21 | October 2022 |
Total | 2,405 |
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*Due to the lower cost associated with the re-role of HMYOI Cookham Wood into a category C men’s prison, and departmental delegation levels, approval was given at an internal Board level.
Despite the FBC being granted by HM Treasury before July 2024, I am pleased to confirm that all 2,400 were delivered from 5 July 2024 onwards.