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Q1
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The Department has committed significant investment towards increasing prison places.
What steps is the Minister taking to ensure that additional prison capacity will not be compromised by early release schemes?
We have tried to increase headroom in the estate through a variety of mechanisms, and our early release scheme is one of those. We are continuing to operate that scheme.
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Did not address the assurance regarding additional capacity through increased releases directly
Did Not Address The Question Directly
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