Prison Accommodation: Costs
(asked on 23rd January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of expanding prison places in the (a) male and (b) female estates in (i) 2023, (ii) 2024 and (iii) 2025.
This question was answered on 26th January 2023
The Ministry of Justice's Spending Review settlement at SR21 (for the 3 years ending FY2024/25) for expanding both male and female prison places was c£3.8bn. Planned annual spend and subsequent estimates will be agreed through the standard parliamentary process, i.e. Main and Supplementary Estimates. The estimate provided at SR21 did not provide a breakdown of costs between the male and female estate.