Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which prisons the planned new houseblocks will be constructed.

As set out in the 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, we are committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places. This consists of the construction of four new prisons, including HMP Millsike that opened in early 2025, as well as the expansion and refurbishment of the existing estate.

Our delivery plans include contingency places that act as resilience to the programme if a project becomes undeliverable or provides poor value for money and is not taken forward.

The planned expansion of the estate includes the delivery of new houseblocks at the following prisons:

• HMP Fosse Way

• HMP Elmley

• HMP Northumberland

• HMP Humber

• HMP Ranby

• HMP Bullingdon

• HMP Erlestoke

• HMP Guys Marsh

• HMP Onley

• HMP Lancaster Farms

• HMP Parc

• HMP Channings Wood

• HMP Highpoint

• HMP Leyhill

• HMP Standford Hill

• HMP Springhill

• HMP Wayland

• HMP Hatfield

• HMP Ford

• HMP Hindley

We are on track to deliver 14,000 additional places by 2031 and have already delivered c.2,600 since taking office.