Select Committee on Public Accounts Minutes of Evidence


Annex 1

Table A

COMPARATIVE COSTS OF PFI PRISONS

  
Parc
Altcourse
Lowdham
Grange
Ashfield
Forest
Bank
Rye Hill
Dovegate
NPV of total contract price
£266m
£247m
£137m
£121m
£197m
£154m
£241m
Number of places
800
600
500
400
800
600
800
NPV of average annual cost of each prisoner place
£13,300
£16,467
£10,480
£12,100
£9,850
£10,267
£12,050


Table B

TIMESCALES FOR BUILDING NEW PRISONS

Traditional
Months
(based on the seven prisons built immediately preceding DCMF)
75
DCMF
  
Parc (Bridgend)
40
Altcourse (Fazakerley
41
Lowdham Grange
27
Ashfield
29
Forest Bank
31
Rye Hill (under construction and due to open January 2001)
38—planned
Dovegate (under construction and due to open July 2001)
44—planned
Average DCMF
36




 
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