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Prisons: Women

Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 23 June 2026.

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Photo of Siân Berry Siân Berry Green Spokesperson (Justice), Green Spokesperson (Transport), Green Spokesperson (Work and Pensions), Green Spokesperson (Democratic Standards), Green Spokesperson (Home), Green Party Chief Whip

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to confirm whether any of his Department’s 14,000 planned new prison places aiming to be built by 2031 are due to hold women.

Photo of Jake Richards Jake Richards Assistant Whip, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice

The 14,000 additional prison places this Government aims to deliver by 2031 are being delivered across the Adult Male estate.

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  • (Citation: HC Deb, 23 June 2026, cW)

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