Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to replace Dartmoor Prison since the publication of the report of the House of Commons Justice Committee, Prisons: planning and policies, of March 2015.
Answered on
7 April 2017
We are investing £1.3bn to build up to 10,000 new prison places which will replace places in ageing and ineffective prisons, such as HMP Dartmoor, providing buildings fit for today’s demands and able to support effective rehabilitation.
HMP Berwyn, a new rehabilitative male prison in North Wales, opened week beginning 27 February 2017, providing 2,106 modern and efficient prison places.
We have applied for planning permission to redevelop the sites at the former HMP Wellingborough and at HMP & YOI Glen Parva.
We intend to apply for planning permission on the sites of HMP & YOI Rochester and HMP & YOI Hindley, on land adjacent to HMP Full Sutton and a new site in Port Talbot.
Notice to terminate the lease for Dartmoor prison was served to the Duchy of Cornwall in November 2013.