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Written Question
Hindley Prison: Construction
Monday 9th September 2024

Asked by: Josh Simons (Labour - Makerfield)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her planned timetable is for the expansion of HMP Hindley.

Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

The expansion at HMP Hindley will deliver c.500 places through two new houseblocks, as part of our wider prison build programme. The contract is being finalised and once concluded we expect the construction period to take c.3 years.