On 8 March the sale of the former Holloway prison site to social housing group Peabody in partnership with London Square Ltd was announced. The sale will help drive forward the Government\u2019s commitment to invest in our prison estate, including to replace ageing prisons with modern, purpose-built establishments, which improve rehabilitation and create safe and secure environments. We have worked closely with the local authority to ensure the amount of affordable housing on the site meets the planning requirement and we are pleased that the proposed development will achieve this aim, while also giving best value to the taxpayer. The money, which was received as a single payment, from this sale forms part of the Department\u2019s overall budget and so is supporting our initiatives to deliver safer prisons which better support resettlement and ultimately reduce reoffending.<\/p>
The plans for the women\u2019s centre were set out in the proposals for the site announced by Peabody and London Square who are leading on this important initiative and the development of the site.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4362", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Edward Argar"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Charnwood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Edward Argar"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-03-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "230759"} , {"_value" : "230760"} , {"_value" : "230761"} , {"_value" : "230762"} , {"_value" : "230763"} , {"_value" : "230764"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-03-18T16:59:14.653Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "54"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Justice"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-03-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Women's Centres: Greater London"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what services will be provided at the women\u2019s centre to be built on the former site of HMP Holloway.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4394", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Imran Hussain"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bradford East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Imran Hussain"} ], "uin" : "230758"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 1, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }