Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Sam Gyimah and David Morris

Tuesday 5th September 2017 Commons Chamber

[David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Con)]

T5. What upgrades have been achieved in prisons since we came into office, and how are we going to rehabilitate prisoners even further?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Sam Gyimah)]

I assume my hon. Friend is referring to the upgrades in the prison estate, where we are investing £1.3 billion to modernise the estate. As part of that, we will be building 10,000 modern prison places. That should help with offender rehabilitation. In terms of where we are now, we have started with the proposed developments at Glen Parva and HMP Wellingborough, and we have also announced plans to build four new prisons: in Yorkshire, adjacent to Full Sutton; at Port Talbot in Wales; and the redevelopment of the young offender institutions at Rochester and Hindley.