Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the current remaining capacity across the Category A prison estate.

Information on the operational capacity and population of individual prisons is published in the monthly bulletin at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-monthly-prison-figures-2026.

Information on which prisons accommodate Category A prisoners is published in the Prison Estate and Probation Service Region Register: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prisons-and-their-resettlement-providers