{"value":{"id":1934026,"askingMemberId":5089,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-08-28T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-09-02T00:00:00","uin":"23421","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the specific reason cited for the closure of HMP Shepton Mallet was and on what date that decision was taken.","answeringBodyId":54,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Justice","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4125,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-09-08T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. To determine the specific rationale and internal decision date for each prison closure, the Department would need to identify and review historical records relating to closure decisions across 22 prisons over a number of years, and the cost of doing so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"HMP Shepton Mallet: Closures","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1934026","method":"GET"}]}