David Anderson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Anderson on 2015-12-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account the prison estates review took of the existence of restrictive covenants prior to the Government’s announcement of the programme of prison closures and new prison construction.

Andrew Selous

We will consider what impact the existence of any restrictive covenant would have on any future closures and new prison sites. Providing a list of restrictive covenants on the use and disposal of each prison in England and Wales could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.