Written question asked by Rudi Vis (Labour) on Thursday, 23 April 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 April 2009. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Monday, 1 June 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.
Prison Accommodation
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prison places have been created in England and Wales in each year since 1990.
- Answer
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The table provides approximate information on the number of new prison places provided in England and Wales in each financial year from 1997-98 to 2008-09. In addition to the new places provided in the table, approximately 4,000 places have been provided by other means such as cell reclaims or doubling up.Approximately 14,000 new prison places were provided between 1990-91 and 1996-97.
Financial year New prison places provided¹ 1997-98 4,900 1998-99 1,200 1999-2000 1,600 2000-01 600 2001-02 900 2002-03 1,800 2003-04 1,300 2004-05 2,600 2005-06 1,100 2006-07 300 2007-08 2,300 2008-09 2,100 ¹ To nearest 100
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 493 c80W; 271679
- Session
- 2008-09
- Subjects
- Prison accommodation
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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