Prisons: Construction

(asked on 9th January 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2024 to Question 20225 on Prisons: Construction, what the status of the planning permission is for each site; and how many additional prison places are proposed in each location.


Answered by
Nicholas Dakin Portrait
Nicholas Dakin
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
This question was answered on 17th January 2025

The below table shows the four Rapid Deployment Cell Programme locations that have been affected by nutrient neutrality:

Name of site

Date Provisional Nutrient Credit Certificate received

Planning Permission status

Proposed number of places

HMP Deerbolt

16/09/2024

Planning application not yet submitted

60

HMP Holme House

16/09/2024

Planning approved

21

HMP Kirklevington Grange

16/09/2024

Planning approved

152

HMP Bure

N/A - mitigation ongoing

Planning application not yet submitted

c.60

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