Found: The proposal to transfer prisoners from England and Wales to foreign prisons abdicates government

Found: but it has chosen to spend the extra money on other parts of its department – most notably the prisons

Found: The flow on effects for the individuals and the massive amounts spent on courts, lawyers, prisons

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand the built prison estate to account for the estimated population increases to 2035 and beyond.

Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

We are delivering 20,000 additional, modern prison places, the largest prison build programme since the Victorian era, ensuring the right conditions are in place to rehabilitate prisoners, helping to cut crime and protect the public. These places are being delivered through the construction of six new prisons, as well as the expansion and refurbishment of the existing estate and temporary accommodation. To date, we have delivered c.5,900 of these places and are on track to have delivered c.10,000 by the end of 2025.

In October 2023, the Lord Chancellor announced funding of up to £30 million to start acquiring land that will be required for future prison capacity.

The Department has taken a number of steps to identify land for potential prison sites. We have commissioned a property agent to search the market for land in the North West and South East, our areas of greatest forecast demand for prison places; officials have started discussions with significant private and public sector landowners and continue to assess a shortlist of sites for planning risk and strategic and operational fit. In parallel, officials are engaged in strategic conversations with local and regional leaders to identify areas where communities would welcome the economic and employment benefits of a new prison.

Found: inspectorate must conduct the duties specified in new section 5A(5D) of the Prisons Act 1952

Found: criminal defence or prosecution; (c) sentencing policy and the administration of justice; (d) prisons

Found: If you have any questions, please write to us: HM Inspectorate of Prisons 3rd floor 10 South Colonnade

Found: HM Prison and Probation Service action plan for Wymott Prison in response to HM Inspectorate of Prisons

Found: 11 - 21 December 2023 Report Published : 3 April 2024 INTRODUCTION HM Inspectorate of Prisons

Found: Report on an unannounced inspection of HMP Wymott by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons 11–21 December

Found: 2024 • detained in military detention • detained and serving a sentence in one of His Majesty’s Prisons

Found: If you have any questions, please write to us: HM Inspectorate of Prisons 3rd floor 10 South Colonnade

Found: HM Prison and Probation Service action plan for Wymott Prison in response to HM Inspectorate of Prisons

Found: 11 - 21 December 2023 Report Published : 3 April 2024 INTRODUCTION HM Inspectorate of Prisons

Found: Report on an unannounced inspection of HMP Wymott by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons 11–21 December

Found: It has also taken oral evidence from HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland on 14 March and from

Found: It has also taken oral evidence from HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland on 14 March and from

Found: It has also taken oral evidence from HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland on 14 March and from

Found: Fiscal Service, Parole Board Scotland, Police Scotland, Sco ƫsh Courts and Tribunal Services, Sco ƫsh Prisons