To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of how many of the 20,000 additional prison places by 2025 have been built.
Answered on
7 June 2023
As of 5 June 2023, 5,202 prison places have been delivered within the 20,000 prison places portfolio, including through two brand-new modern prisons. In addition, we have delivered c.700 temporary places through modular units and have extended the lease at HMP Dartmoor, maintaining 680 places from December 2023.
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Ministry of Justice
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