A question on #PrisonAccommodation tabled by Damian Hinds on 17-04-2025 has been answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin.

Heading: Prison Accommodation
Question ID: 1794156
UIN: 45573
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-17
Asking Member ID: 3969
Asking Member display name: Damian Hinds
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 9 April 2025 to Questions 43036 on Prison Accommodation: Closures and 43032 and 43033 on Prison Accommodation, what the gross addition to prison estate capacity was from (a) new-build p
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Date answered: 2025-04-30
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Answering Member ID: 4056
Answering Member display name: Sir Nicholas Dakin
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Answer text: The previous Labour Government added nearly 28,000 places to the prison estate between 1997 and 2010. However, available records do not provide a breakdown for these figures of these places by category. For the gross additions to prison estate capacity re...
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Answering body ID: 54
Answering body name: Ministry of Justice
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