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Mr. Bermingham
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many additional new prisons were announced between April 1986 and March 1987.
Mr. John Patten
Four additional new prisons were announced between April 1986 and March 1987. Under the prison building programme, three prisons have been completed and 17 are under construction or at the design stage.