Ministry of Justice

“The average annual cost per prisoner in a public-sector prison in England and Wales was £60,018 in 2024/25, according to Ministry of Justice data”

“At the end of June, there were 1,015 people in prison in England and Wales for manslaughter, including 950 men and 65 women, according to the Ministry of Justice”

“The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) says it has spent £50,000 trying to remove paint from the wall of the Grade II-listed building in Carey Street. A further £35,300 was spent on overtime and security cost…”

“The largest single cost relates to a mural painted on the Royal Courts of Justice in September 2025, where removal efforts and security have so far cost more than £85,000.”

“9,300 domestic abusers are set to be released”

“The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has warned the prison population will overtake capacity as soon as this November.”

“In the long-term the MoJ has projected that the capacity of all prisons will rise to around 99,000 by 2032 as a result of more prisons being built by this government.”

“But it also projected that the prisoner population would rise to about 104,000 by 2032 if the Sentencing Act 2026 - which provides for earlier release - did not come into force.”

“The MoJ has projected that the Sentencing Act will mean the prisoner population remains below the capacity of the prison system, rising only to around 96,000 by 2032.”

“The MoJ told BBC Verify that it had delivered about 3,200 places as of July.”

“This transfer does not change his sentence, which remains at 52 years, and of which he will serve every single day.”

“We are fixing that failure by building 14,000 prison places, with 3,200 already delivered”

“10-year gap”

“15-year baseline sentence”

“124,326 phone taps were authorised.”

“proposals to build a 360-bed centre at Glen Parva, near Leicester, had been stopped.”

“£325m in savings the department will make as part of an overall £6bn in cuts.”

“the number of bankruptcy petitions lodged in the courts by debtors rose 20% from the previous three months, to 16,348.”

“Bankruptcy proceedings started by creditors also rebounded, up by 4% to 4,329.”

“the number of bankruptcy petitions being lodged by creditors has been fairly steady over the past five years, at about 20,000 a year.”

“In 2005 there were 37,000, but by last year they had risen to 63,000.”

“The number of these winding up petitions stood at 2,777, a 4% rise on the last three months of 2009.”

“The number of possession actions - the first stage of an attempted repossession by a lender - stood at 18,504 in the first three months of the year.”

“This was 8% lower than the previous quarter and 24% down on the same period last year.”

“The number of possession orders agreed by judges also fell to 14,373 - a reduction of 13% on the previous quarter and 15% down on a year ago.”

“has had three years to prepare”

“In total, 103 magistrates' courts and 54 county courts could be axed in England and Wales.”

“Closing them would save the government an estimated £15m a year in running costs, plus £22m in maintenance of the buildings.”