A question on #PrisonAccommodation tabled by Ben Obese-Jecty on 20-05-2025 has been answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin.

Heading: Prison Accommodation
Question ID: 1804694
UIN: 53713
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-20
Asking Member ID: 5089
Asking Member display name: Ben Obese-Jecty
Asking Member handle: BenObeseJecty
Asking Member Twitter reference: @BenObeseJecty
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison spaces were available across all Category C specialist sex offender prisons as of 30 April 2025.
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Date answered: 2025-06-02
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Is correcting answer: false
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: There are 9 specialist category C prisons that hold only prisoners convicted of sexual offences. These are listed below, alongside their published operational capacity on 28 April 2025.PrisonOperational Capacity (28 April 2025)Ashfield416Bure643Littlehey1...
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Answering body ID: 54
Answering body name: Ministry of Justice
Tweeted: true