The Government must clearly set out how it intends to address the £1.8bn maintenance backlog using the funding set out by its Prison Capacity Strategy and Infrastructure Strategy. In response to this report, we expect the Government to update the Committee on the work completed to date and provide a clear breakdown of how future funding will be used. This should include how much of the allocated funding through the Infrastructure Strategy is ring-fenced for prisons maintenance, what it plans to use this funding for, and how the Government intends to address the remaining shortfall in the maintenance backlog. (Recommendation, Paragraph 49)