A question on #PrisonAccommodation #Men tabled by Sir John Hayes on 16-05-2025 has been answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin.

Heading: Prison Accommodation: Men
Question ID: 1803727
UIN: 52837
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-16
Asking Member ID: 350
Asking Member display name: Sir John Hayes
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of the male estate prison capacity in 2028.
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Date answered: 2025-05-27
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Answering Member ID: 4056
Answering Member display name: Sir Nicholas Dakin
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Sir Nicholas Dakin
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Answer text: This Government inherited a prison system in crisis due to the previous government only adding 500 places to the estate in 14 years. If our prisons collapse, courts are forced to suspend trials. The police must halt their arrests, crime goes unpunished, a...
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Answering body ID: 54
Answering body name: Ministry of Justice
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