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Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Elystan-Morgan (Crossbench). It was answered on Wednesday, 4 November 2009.


Prisons: Garth

Question
My Lords, the Minister referred to the Carter report. When is it expected that the first prisoner will enter the first of the sub-Titan prisons to be built?
Answer

I cannot tell the noble Lord that, but the building programme is on course and, as he knows, we are trying to make sure that there are 96,000 places by 2014. He knows that we have listened carefully to what was said, in this House and elsewhere, about the very large prisons that were at one stage being proposed, and that we modified our policy as a result of argument.


Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
714 c253 
Session
2008-09
Oral question type
Supplementary
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Inspections HM Inspectorate of Prisons Standards HMP Garth
Link
View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk