Select Committee · Justice Committee

Future prison population and estate capacity

Status: Closed Opened: 15 Sep 2023 Closed: 30 May 2024

Following the announcement that a General Election will be held on 4 July, Select Committees will be unable to meet from 24 May and will cease to exist from 30 May until after the General Election. This work has therefore closed. This inquiry examines the projected changes to the size and composition of the prison …

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions
Date Witnesses
6 Feb 2024 Amy Rees · HMPPS, Ross Gribbin · Ministry of Justice, Rt Hon Edward Argar · Ministry of Justice View ↗
9 Jan 2024 Anne Fox · Clinks, Mark Day · Prison Reform Trust, Professor Nicholas Hardwick · Royal Holloway University of London, Richard Garside · The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Rob Allen, Sonya Ruparel · Women in Prison View ↗
21 Nov 2023 Andrea Albutt · Prison Governors Association, Charlie Taylor · HM Inspectorate of Prisons, Elisabeth Davies · Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB) View ↗

Correspondence

4 letters
DateDirectionTitle
8 May 2024 To cttee Letter from the Rt Hon. Edward Argar MP, Minister for Prisons, Parole and Proba…
17 Apr 2024 To cttee Letter from Sir Bob Neill, Chair of the Justice Select Committee to the Rt Hon.…
26 Mar 2024 To cttee Letter from Edward Argar MP, Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation, dated …
20 Feb 2024 To cttee Letter from Sir Robert Neil MP, Chair of the Justice Committee to The Rt Hon Ed…