Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 26918 on Prisons: Construction, what is the breakdown by prison of the additional prison capacity created between 1997 and 2010.

The information requested is not held.

Available records prior to 2010 are insufficient to provide a breakdown by prison of additional prison capacity created between 1997 and 2010, or the number of prison places closed during this period.