To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has plans to implement the recommendations of the Report of the Zahid Mubarek inquiry, published in June 2006, in the design of new prisons.

We have undertaken a comprehensive review of the evidence on prison design and consulted widely to ensure the design of new prisons is safe, secure and decent. The design of the new prisons are predominantly single cell and we will ensure that prison operators undertake the appropriate security and safety procedures including cell sharing risk assessment.