Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the most recent estimate is of the cost of outstanding repairs at each prison.

This Government is investing an additional £156million in 2020/21 to improve the conditions of existing prisons across the estate – targeting the most pressing maintenance concerns including boilers, fire safety and serveries. This underpins our commitment to a system that is decent, safe and secure.

Currently the priority maintenance backlog totals approximately £900m. This is most up to date estimate we have of the costs associated with the maintenance backlog, inclusive of resource costs.

A figure for each individual establishment is not available and would represent disproportionate cost to obtain.