Prisons: Women

(asked on 15th June 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to confirm whether any of his Department’s 14,000 planned new prison places aiming to be built by 2031 are due to hold women.


Answered by
Jake Richards Portrait
Jake Richards
Assistant Whip
This question was answered on 23rd June 2026

The 14,000 additional prison places this Government aims to deliver by 2031 are being delivered across the Adult Male estate.

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