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Prisoner Transfers
Julie Morgan:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the time it takes to transfer (a) male and (b) female remand prisoners to prison from court. [149526]
Paul Goggins
[holding answer 22 January 2004]: Private sector contractors are responsible for carrying out the movement of prisoners from courts to prisons. Remand and convicted prisoners, including male and female prisoners, can travel in the same vehicle. No central record of journey times is kept, nor is it possible to identify any differences in journey times between remand and convicted, male and female prisoners.
Contractors are required to deliver prisoners to courts before 9.30 am and back to prisons before their receptions close. Contract managers are robust in monitoring their performance and there are financial remedies built into the present contracts for failure to deliver prisoners to prisons on time.
Mr. Oaten:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have been transferred between prisons due to population pressures in the last year. [143293]
Paul Goggins:
There are around 100,000 prisoner moves between prisons each year. These moves may be for a number of reasons, such as security, discipline or as a result of normal sentence planning. In addition,
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prisoners may be moved to ensure full and effective use of places within the prison estate. The reasons for prisoner moves are not recorded centrally.
Prisoners on Release
Andrew Mackinlay:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the monetary grant made available to prisoners on release from gaol is different if a prisoner provides no fixed abode as their address. [149519]
Paul Goggins
[holding answer 21 January 2004]: A higher rate of discharge grant (£94.40) is paid to prisoners on release only if there is a need to seek, obtain and pay for accommodation. It is only paid to prisoners with no accommodation arranged in advance if this arises through no fault of the prisoner. Otherwise the standard rates of discharge grant paid are £46.75 (for prisoners aged 25 and older) or £37 (for prisoners aged 18 to 24).
Andrew Mackinlay:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were released from gaol in the most recent year for which figures are available. [149521]
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Paul Goggins
[holding answer 21 January 2004]: 91,100 sentenced prisoners were discharged from prisons in England and Wales in 2002.
Prisons
Mrs. Gillan:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when Bromsfield prison will be ready to receive prisoners. [147371]
Paul Goggins:
Construction of Her Majesty's Prison Bromsfield is progressing to schedule and the prison will be ready to open on 17 June 2004, the date specified in the contract.
Mrs. Gillan:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) annual cost and (b) original budget figure for running each prison was in each year since 1997. [147418]
Paul Goggins:
The table sets out the expenditure, net of any receipts from other Government Departments (Department for Education and Skills, Department of Health and Youth Justice Board), for the public sector prisons for the financial years 199798 to 200203.
It would incur disproportionate cost to provide details of the original budget allocations to establishments.
Establishment | 199798 | 199899 | 19992000 | 200001 | 200102 | 200203
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Acklington | 8,909,492 | 10,023,027 | 11, 335,355 | 12,276,018 | 12,306,951 | 13,054,221
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Albany | 8,749,528 | 8,697,711 | 8,909,118 | 9,585,057 | 9,638,824 | 10,214,992
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Aldington | 2,411,489 | 2,434,701 | 886,808 | 7,833,229 | 7,977,359 | 8,886,442
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Ashwell | 6,697,763 | 7,408,379 | 7,680,868 | 2,697,533 | 2,802,068 | 3,010,142
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Askham Grange | 2,331,594 | 2,401,007 | 2,676,889 | 10,192,227 | 10,900,371 | 11,665,889
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Aylesbury | 7,650,509 | 9,077,007 | 10,040,984 | 8,139,154 | 8,449,674 | 9,496,198
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Bedford | 7,018,414 | 7,248,760 | 7,563,315 | 28,994,092 | 30,948,620 | 31,517,399
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Belmarsh | 25,315,234 | 26,527,865 | 27,314,961 | 16,420,359 | 16,696,491 | 18,407,049
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Birmingham | 15,326,661 | 15,028,320 | 15,967,037 | 2,523,343 | 6,024,690 | 12,205,742
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Blantyre House | 2,196,754 | 2,188,236 | 2,396,923 | 9,927,491 | 2,490,332 | 2,610,224
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Blundeston | 8,425,017 | 8,810,746 | 9,012,0861 | 11,396,515 | 9,982,610 | 10,665,341
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Brinsford | 8,791,953 | 9,061,958 | 9,961,549 | 16,439,320 | 12,097,691 | 13,067,320
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Bristol | 15,146,051 | 15,744,783 | 16,272,600 | 19,402,789 | 17,134,205 | 17,726,084
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Brixton | 17,174,388 | 17,897,7001 | 18,166,073 | 5,241,812 | 19,503,711 | 19,738,370
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Brockhill | 4,051,940 | 4,763,808 | 4,963,904 | 4,653,131 | 5,644,934 | 6,545,910
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Bullingdon | 12,031,519 | 12,864,241 | 13,384,846 | 14,695,594 | 6,696,946 | 8,002,424
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Bullwood Hall | 4,106,028 | 4,172,806 | 4,657,885 | 5,270,554 | 15,178,114 | 16,450,925
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Camp Hill | 8,517,792 | 8,650,009 | 9,072,291 | 9,625,242 | 5,629,475 | 6,735,862
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Canterbury | 6,521,811 | 6,654,628 | 8,217,174 | 9,557,146 | 10,096,506 | 10,773,950
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Cardiff | 11,229,725 | 11,629,233 | 12,000,937 | 12,531,994 | 6,268,130 | 6,718,209
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Castington | 5,997,825 | 7,118,033 | 9,525,575 | 10,763,724 | 13,370,996 | 14,263,886
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Channings Wood | 9,502,293 | 9,941,726 | 10,729,531 | 11,218,525 | 11,197,427 | 12,033,756
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Chelmsford | 8,734,815 | 8,949,156 | 9,663,883 | 10,629,047 | 11,238,889 | 12,381,004
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Colchester | 74,527 | 6,704,661 | 7,504,736 | 7,506,834 | 11,573,580 | 12,872,923
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Coldingley | 6,714,472 | 3,227,938 | 3,304,663 | 3,385,424 | 7,909,234 | 8,151,903
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Cookham Wood | 3,126,929 | 13,593,186 | 13,503,044 | 14,982,068 | 3,576,878 | 3,973,515
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Dartmoor | 12,835,557 | 8,132,314 | 8,821,695 | 9,561,925 | 14,631,698 | 14,952,729
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Deerbolt | 7,620,113 | 4,662,999 | 4,929,515 | 5,455,195 | 9,711,053 | 10,672,540
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Dorchester | 4,445,551 | 6,014,723 | 6,365,773 | 6,620,509 | 5,726,272 | 6,397,176
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Dover | 5,633,165 | 6,392,905 | 6,668,344 | 6,491,510 | 6,728,429 | 7,531,999
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Downview | 6,199,171 | 4,255,108 | 4,625,943 | 4,711,306 | 7,158,940 | 8,572,194
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Drake Hall | 4,056,811 | 19,708,046 | 20,409,679 | 21,911,360 | 5,694,213 | 6,516,051
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Durham | 18,607,149 | 1, 793,731 | 1,887,069 | 2,002,554 | 22,550,479 | 23,777,700
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East Sutton Park | 1, 773,1 22 | 5,870,662 | 6,848,512 | 7,131,671 | 2,198.632 | 2,663,045
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Eastwood Park | 4,607,587 | 14,200,527 | 14,523,519 | 15,212,300 | 7,352,500 | 8,042,491
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Elmley | 12,632,506 | 5,690,464 | 6,074,310 | 6,392,089 | 15,151,353 | 16,103,052
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Erlestoke | 5,610,877 | 7,879,992 | 8,142,013 | 8,193,360 | 6,191,130 | 6,908,722
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Everthorpe | 7,597,540 | 9,041,398 | 9,854,666 | 9,811,721 | 7,959,428 | 8,302,402
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Exeter | 8,459,288 | 11,180,260 | 11,297,289 | 11,717,517 | 10,282,669 | 11,607,391
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Featherstone | 10,686,762 | 17,065,612 | 19,331,692 | 24,01 0.372 | 12,549,693 | 13,097,562
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Feltham | 16,214,569 | 6,106,107 | 6,007,952 | 6,371,063 | 24,409,616 | 30,914,848
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Ford | 5,977,876 | 4,120,051 | 4,456,984 | 4,950,895 | 6,271,678 | 7,235,485
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Foston Hall | 3,158,492 | 20,685,706 | 23,178,174 | 24,079,724 | 5,299,241 | 6,645,225
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Frankland | 17,174,531 | 21,743,468 | 22,664,102 | 23,505,345 | 24,550,210 | 26,165,447
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Full Sutton | 20,454,411 | 11,862,882 | 12,200,677 | 12,876,755 | 23,541,026 | 24,773,246
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Garth | 11,464,277 | 8,522,977 | 8,918,173 | 9,217,605 | 12,879,054 | 13,576,683
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Gartree | 8,352,713 | 14,266,498 | 15,462,663 | 15,968,177 | 8,886,522 | 8,907,622
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Glen Parva | 13,386,394 | 6,271,350 | 6,563,470 | 6,922,287 | 16,615,880 | 17,838,628
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Gloucester | 6,209,360 | 9,658,212 | 10,507,804 | 11,295,755 | 7,417,888 | 7,925,897
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Grendon | 9,211,347 | 7,295,626 | 8,132,646 | 8,358,283 | 11,293,398 | 11,834,438
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Guys Marsh | 6,230,232 | 2,700,663 | 2,875,447 | 2,948,844 | 8,103,303 | 8,984,586
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Haslar | 2,390,006 | 3,153,390 | 3,107,653 | 4,400,554 | 2,847,598 | 3,430,226
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Hatfield | 4,008,611 | 9,223,118 | 9,012,125 | 9,291,388 | 4,116,132 | merge withmoorland
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Haverigg | 9,551,875 | 2,560,980 | 2,650,196 | 2,777,519 | 9,638,719 | 9,846,313
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Hewell Grange | 2,641,559 | 16,295,901 | 16,499,110 | 17,423,192 | 3,018,642 | 3,073,260
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High Down | 14,750,866 | 13,250,074 | 14,677,886 | 15,485,655 | 17,266,744 | 18,620,299
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Highpoint | 11,694,637 | 10,801,497 | 11,287,011 | 11,883,438 | 16,860,131 | 18,628,779
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Hindley | 10,569,836 | 9,512,609 | 10,632,555 | 11,699,929 | 13,429,476 | 17,104,335
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Hollesley Bay Colony | 10,762,342 | 18,388,002 | 19,004,311 | 19,759,757 | 12,710.164 | 14,900,729
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Holloway | 17,843,585 | 14,779,354 | 15,400,969 | 16,697,115 | 20,210,798 | 24,950,875
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HolmeHouse | 14,409,492 | 12,209,399 | 12,872,717 | 13,376,716 | 16,789,328 | 18,220,248
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Hull | 11,720,848 | 7,268,697 | 8,249,263 | 8,905,472 | 13,824,391 | 17,551,047
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Huntercombe | 5,253,859 | 4,238,987 | 4,518,246 | 4,945,046 | 10,066,596 | 12,126,323
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Kingston | 3,951,883 | 9,877,289 | 9,927,441 | 9,671,523 | 4,748,471 | 5,133,177
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Kirkharn | 9,759,154 | 2,355,686 | 2,665,271 | 2,745,209 | 10.642.725 | 11,292,357
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Kirklevington range | 2,439,348 | 4,797,324 | 5,062,966 | 5,293,531 | 2,806,220 | 3,088,564
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Lancaster Castle | 4,638,957 | 9,833,263 | 10,461,778 | 11,808,158 | 5,718,902 | 6,137,630
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Lancaster Farms | 9,661,162 | 2,451,116 | 2,786,779 | 2,838,862 | 11,726,248 | 13,087,839
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Latchmere House | 2,496,035 | 20,059,553 | 21,338,015 | 23,720,772 | 3,052,466 | 3,419,175
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Leeds | 18,394,596 | 7,864,959 | 7,886,714 | 8,294,295 | 23,291,510 | 24,161,348
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Leicester | 7,927,419 | 9,304,629 | 9,951,1l8 | 9,929,541 | 8,204,348 | 81462,450
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Lewes | 9,234,680 | 7,708,880 | 8,008,974 | 8,298,615 | 9,985,425 | 10,262,873
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Leyhill | 7,173,428 | 10,775,537 | 11,163,759 | 11,436,103 | 8,585,073 | 9,761,621
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Lincoln | 10,822,223 | 13,758,543 | 14,237,522 | 15,677,113 | 11,655,841 | 13,468,973
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Lindholme | 12,241,535 | 9,087,894 | 9,454,701 | 10,094,258 | 15,386,512 | 16,782,005
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Littlehey | 8,960,232 | 23,977,904 | 25,072,336 | 26,382,433 | 10,376,197 | 10,532,341
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Liverpool | 23,391,485 | 17,348,401 | 19,035,891 | 19,767,607 | 25,565,332 | 26,779,122
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Long Lartin | 15,764,682 | 6,159,671 | 6,744,065 | 7,037,553 | 20,122,537 | 20,297,349
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Low Newton | 5,770,762 | 10,657,161 | 10,804,102 | 11,464,235 | 7,547,572 | 8,027,668
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Maidstone | 9,817,528 | 25,904,732 | 26,780,910 | 28,052,557 | 10,405,357 | 11,094,821
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Manchester | 23,679,485 | 13,222,451 | 13,684,732 | 14,421,919 | 26,037,371 | 25,453,776
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Moorland | 12,184,621 | 2,592,947 | 2,673,555 | 3,277,930 | 15,006,469 | 20,902,463
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Morton Hall | 2,536,317 | 8,787,099 | 10,079,426 | 11,397,462 | 4,821,307 | 6,514,375
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Mount (The) | 8,296,716 | 7,514,987 | 8,014,446 | 8,733,767 | 11,565,509 | 12,808,539
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New Hall | 6,982,789 | 3,220,748 | 3,310,007 | 3,742,731 | 10,413,876 | 11,888,471
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North Sea Camp | 3,315,222 | 4,733,976 | 4,867,453 | 5,485,692 | 3,738,139 | 4,446,814
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Northallerton | 4,727,462 | 12,264,199 | 13,246,302 | 13,817,885 | 5,080,145 | 5,273,815
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Norwich | 11,865,139 | 8,633,539 | 9,771,270 | 10,207,330 | 14,164,851 | 15,229,088
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Nottingham | 8,140,323 | 10,546,373 | 12,044,121 | 12,673,587 | 10,413,672 | 11,178,582
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Onley | 9,232,294 | 11,014,381 | 11,848,896 | 12,216,694 | 13,566,358 | 14,770,000
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Parkhurst | 10,806,067 | 19,311,606 | 20,079,586 | 20,816,593 | 12,434,863 | 13,259,482
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Pentonville | 17,276,316 | 9,259,219 | 9,703,555 | 10,719,880 | 22,239,323 | 25,047,521
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Portland | 8,844,909 | 12,048,350 | 12,473,587 | 12,699,382 | 11,333,924 | 11,106,772
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Preston | 12,567,260 | 10,875,729 | 11,901,688 | 12,902,004 | 13,192,099 | 14,005,563
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Ranby | 9,256,035 | 5,501,540 | 5,884,279 | 6,417,856 | 12,851,506 | 14,269,727
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Reading | 5,045,213 | 15,983,571 | 15,450,926 | 15,920,099 | 6,761,178 | 7,080,270
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Risley | 15,895,377 | 8,230,782 | 8,805,058 | 9,335,373 | 16,393,281 | 18,221,821
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Rochester | 8,035,427 | 3,531,672 | 4,155,955 | 4,535,019 | 8,790,555 | 8,601,059
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Send | 3,291,301 | 4,205,992 | 4,673,206 | 4,915,667 | 4,609,307 | 4,973,567
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Shepton Mallet | 3,938,431 | 5,880,953 | 6,352,381 | 6,640,281 | 4,833,094 | 4,990,999
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Shrewsbury | 5,493,907 | 9,824,844 | 10,484,861 | 10,924,138 | 6,518,034 | 7,340,719
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Stafford | 9,451,888 | 6,305,489 | 6,373,876 | 6,648,876 | 10,624,651 | 12,305,294
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Standford Hill | 6,269,281 | 8,297,202 | 8,910,829 | 9,334,943 | 7,308,028 | 8,107,638
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Stocken | 7,220,581 | 9,840,541 | 11,109,509 | 12,861,620 | 9,454,466 | 10,199,203
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Stoke Heath | 8,374,468 | 8,701,379 | 10,340,864 | 10,453,733 | 13,631,592 | 15,705,333
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Styal | 6,462,026 | 7,002,129 | 7,248,636 | 7,446,036 | 10,894,273 | 11,529,555
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Sudbury | 6,914,035 | 11,175,124 | 12,643,399 | 13,300,578 | 7,606,310 | 7,700,779
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Swaleside | 10,858,272 | 6,789,513 | 7,007,193 | 7,235,116 | 13,493,143 | 13,776,388
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Swansea | 6,524,813 | 6,646,469 | 7,035,146 | 7,138,237 | 7,511,933 | 8,219,128
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Swinfen Hall | 5,193,891 | 6,322,349 | 6,637,515 | 6,875,677 | 7,445,594 | 7,860,939
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Thorn Cross | 6,140,617 | 5,423,030 | 5,978,839 | 6,415,420 | 7,369,808 | 7,370,209
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Usk/HMYOI Prescoed | 5,221,149 | 8,624,297 | 8,775,236 | 9,026,083 | 6,805,526 | 7,171,809
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Verne (The) | 8,493,944 | 18,687,468 | 18,979,626 | 20,327,832 | 9,534,353 | 10,002,290
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Wakefield | 17,706,563 | 21,530,155 | 23,135,281 | 24,660,699 | 19,914,099 | 20,955,508
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Wandsworth | 20,228,522 | 9,035,066 | 9,678,517 | 9,965,816 | 25,450,136 | 27,936,164
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Wayland | 8,788,315 | 9,579,654 | 10,346,156 | 10,778,946 | 9,928,885 | 10,818,403
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Wealstun | 9,534,969 | 7,019,536 | 6,835,969 | 7,126,526 | 10,870,434 | 11,659,314
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Weare (The) | 6,062,308 | 6,777,199 | 8,662,259 | 9,059,926 | 7,340,016 | 7920,458
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Wellingborough | 6,024,330 | 4,593,312 | 4,673,381 | 5,001,314 | 9,133,034 | 9,306,369
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Werrington | 3,600,342 | 6,813,413 | 7,510,166 | 8,1 65,532 | 5,105,326 | 5,820,567
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Wetherby | 6,096,628 | 4,303,089 | 4,588,726 | 4,784,995 | 8,645,080 | 10,161,472
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Whatton | 4,033,449 | 20,326,350 | 20,794,066 | 22,226,567 | 4,877,528 | 5,783,699
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Whitemoor | 19,743,783 | 10,989,602 | 11,191,441 | 11,468,743 | 22,611,769 | 24,138,779
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Winchester | 11,532,770 | 18,838,067 | 19,316,507 | 21,582,330 | 11,907,739 | 13,206,337
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Woodhill | 17,230,414 | 20,861,114 | 21,159,767 | 22,736,149 | 22,103,665 | 23,631,597
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Wormwood Scrubs | 20,654,121 | 13,310,312 | 14,274,322 | 15,150,405 | 23,256,552 | 24.691,189
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Wymott | 13,519,807 | | | | 14,929,816 | 15,501,820
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Mrs. Gillan:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list the smaller prisons that are being considered for closure to redirect resources into community punishments; [147431]
(2) if he will list the sites that are being considered to erect the new generation of larger prisons; [147432]
(3) if he will publish the detailed investment case that the Department is making to the Treasury to close smaller prisons and erect larger prisons. [147433]
Paul Goggins:
The Home Office is working on a value for money case for a replacement programme to create a new generation of larger prisons with the facilities needed to deliver effective programmes designed to reduce re-offending. New large prisons could also provide economies of scale, which would allow us to close some smaller prisons and redirect resources to community punishments. This case will be subject of discussion in the forthcoming Spending Review the outcome of which will be published. We will not publish the case we make to the Treasury on which decisions are taken.
There is an established procedure for the announcement of decisions to change the role of or close prisons. Once Ministers take a decision to change the role of or close a prison, staff and local MP's affected by the change or closure are briefed before the formal announcement.
A survey has been commissioned to identify suitable sites for new, large prisons although no sites have yet been purchased or other commitments made. To be effective in delivering regimes that aid rehabilitation and reduce re-offending new sites need to be close to, or have good transport links with, large conurbations. The search is concentrating on sites available in London and the south east, the west Midlands, the north west and Wales. These are the regions that have the greatest need for additional prison capacity at this stage.
Mr. Oaten:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what recent research he has commissioned into the effectiveness of mandatory drug testing in prisons; [143382]
(2) when he will publish the findings of the research into the effectiveness of mandatory drug testing in prisons. [144261]
Paul Goggins:
A research study on the impact of the Mandatory Drug Testing programme in prisons is being undertaken by the Office for National Statistics and National Addiction Centre. Their report is now expected to be available in the Spring of 2004.
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Mr. Oaten:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what assessment he has made of seasonal variations in the seizure of illegal drugs (a) within prisons and (b) from individuals visiting prisons; [143402]
(2) what assessment he has made of seasonal variations in the rate of positive mandatory drug tests in prisons. [144269]
Paul Goggins:
Available data on seizures of drugs in prisons and on visitors involved in suspicious incidents do not show any seasonal trends. Random mandatory drug test (MDT) rates in prisons fluctuate quite widely on a monthly basis. However, there is some evidence nationally of a pattern of slight increases in drug misuse in the months of July, August and December.