http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/section/21Sentencing Act 2026enStatute Law Database2026-09-30Expert Participation2026-06-01 Part 1 21 1 The Secretary of State must, for each year, prepare and lay before Parliament a report relating to prison capacity. 2 The report for a year— a must include information about— i the number of people in prison and the number of prison places on a particular date or dates in that year, and ii projected changes in the number of people in prison and the number of prison places, and b may include any other information that the Secretary of State considers appropriate. 3 The Secretary of State must publish the report after it has been laid before Parliament. 4 “Prison” does not include a naval, military or air force prison. 5 In the Prison Act 1952— a omit section 5 (annual report on prisons); b in section 43 (places for the detention of young offenders), in the table in subsection (4), in the second column for the entry for “secure training centres or secure colleges” omit “5,”. S. 21 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 49(1)S. 21 in force at 11.5.2026 by S.I. 2026/402, reg. 2(a)