Recommendation 12

HMPPS explained that the collapse of ISG, one of its main contractors which entered administration in September 2024, had been challenging, but that expected delays were already factored into its revised timelines.37 However, it noted that this was based on its assumptions about potential delays. It told us that ISG was contracted to deliver around 3,500 places of the 20,000 places portfolio across 13 projects and that it was in the process of 29 Ministry of Justice, 10-year Prison Capacity Strategy, December 2024, page 3 30 Ministry of Justice, 10-year Prison Capacity Strategy, December 2024, page 7 31 Ministry of Justice, 10-year Prison Capacity Strategy, December 2024, page 2 32 Q 29 33 Q 29 34 Q 32 35 Q 29 36 Qq 55–60 37 Q 43 11 retendering contracts as quickly as possible.38 It explained that while the collapse had affected its expansion plans, it was more exposed in terms of ongoing maintenance projects that ISG had been delivering.39 Future prison capacity