Justice

Wednesday 25th February 2015 Ministerial Corrections

HMP Altcourse

The following is an extract from Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice on 3 February 2015.

[Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con)]

25. As well as taking prisoners from Merseyside, HMP Altcourse takes prisoners from Cheshire and north Wales. What will be the impact of the new super-prison at Wrexham on prisoner capacity in Cheshire, north Wales and Merseyside?

[Andrew Selous]

We need more adult male capacity so we are taking the right course of action by building the new prison in north Wales. There are currently no prisons in north Wales, and the new prison will enable us to house all Welsh prisoners within Wales, which we have not been able to do before. We will keep prisoners as close to their home areas as far as possible.

[Official Report, 3 February 2015, Vol. 592, c. 115.]

Letter of correction from Andrew Selous:

An error has been identified in the oral answer given to the hon. Member for City of Chester (Stephen Mosley) during Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice.

The correct response should have been:

[Andrew Selous]

We need more adult male capacity so we are taking the right course of action by building the new prison in north Wales. There are currently no prisons in north Wales, and the new prison will enable us to house the vast majority of Welsh prisoners within Wales, which we have not been able to do before. We will keep prisoners as close to their home areas as far as possible.