| Heading: |
Prisons: Change of Use |
| Question ID: |
1810933 |
| UIN: |
58535 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-09 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5351 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Gregory Stafford
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Gregory Stafford
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of converting decommissioned prison facilities to (a) schools, (b) hospitals, (c) housing and (d) other public uses. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-16 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4056 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Nicholas Dakin
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Sir Nicholas Dakin
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
We are committed to exploring all options for prison build and the expansion and maintenance of the prison estate. Where facilities are not currently suitable or in use as part of the prison estate, we aim to work collaboratively with other Departments to... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |