Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 27 March 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the (a) locations and (b) number of places per location of all planned prison places.
To date, we have delivered c.5,900 places. This includes our two new prisons HMP Five Wells and HMP Fosse Way. By the end of 2025, we are on track to have delivered around 10,000 places in total. This will include our third new prison, HMP Millsike, delivering c.1,500 places, new houseblocks at HMPs Stocken and Rye Hill, as well as hundreds more Rapid Deployment Cells.
Under current plans, we are scheduled to deliver at the following sites from 21 March 2024:
Programme | Site | Places |
New Prisons | HMP Millsike | 1,468 |
Garth Wymott 2* | 1,715 | |
Gartree 2 | 1,715 | |
Grendon 2 | 1,468 | |
HMP Gartree Houseblock ** | 247 | |
HMP Fosse Way Houseblock | 245 | |
Private prisons – houseblock | 458 | |
HMP Parc** | 320 | |
Houseblocks | 247 | |
494 | ||
247 | ||
494 | ||
741 | ||
HMP Wayland | 121 | |
180 | ||
214 | ||
Refurbishments | 301 | |
171 | ||
350*** | ||
Rapid Deployment Cells | 40 | |
40 | ||
HMP The Verne | 40 | |
HMP Northumberland | 60 | |
40 | ||
153 | ||
80 | ||
60 | ||
HMP Leyhill ** | 240 | |
HMP Springhill ** | 180 | |
120 | ||
HMP Ford ** | 420 | |
240 | ||
Small Secure Houseblocks | 120 | |
120 | ||
240 | ||
60 | ||
HMP Northumberland | 240 | |
180 | ||
120 | ||
HMP Erlestoke | 180 |
* This site is subject to an ongoing planning appeal.
** Delivery at these sites is subject to planning permission.
*** A wing-by-wing refurbishment is ongoing, with some places already delivered.
Any additional sites not listed here are commercially sensitive and information released about these would prejudice the department’s negotiating position and ability to achieve value for money in these developments.
Yes8 people think so
No9 people think not
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