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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 1997–98 to 2002–03.

It would incur disproportionate cost to provide details of the original budget allocations to establishments.

Establishment1997–981998–991999–20002000–012001–022002–03
Acklington8,909,49210,023,02711, 335,35512,276,01812,306,95113,054,221
Albany8,749,5288,697,7118,909,1189,585,0579,638,82410,214,992
Aldington2,411,4892,434,701886,8087,833,2297,977,3598,886,442
Ashwell6,697,7637,408,3797,680,8682,697,5332,802,0683,010,142
Askham Grange2,331,5942,401,0072,676,88910,192,22710,900,37111,665,889
Aylesbury7,650,5099,077,00710,040,9848,139,1548,449,6749,496,198
Bedford7,018,4147,248,7607,563,31528,994,09230,948,62031,517,399
Belmarsh25,315,23426,527,86527,314,96116,420,35916,696,49118,407,049
Birmingham15,326,66115,028,32015,967,0372,523,3436,024,69012,205,742
Blantyre House2,196,7542,188,2362,396,9239,927,4912,490,3322,610,224
Blundeston8,425,0178,810,7469,012,086111,396,5159,982,61010,665,341
Brinsford 8,791,9539,061,9589,961,54916,439,32012,097,69113,067,320
Bristol15,146,05115,744,78316,272,60019,402,78917,134,20517,726,084
Brixton 17,174,38817,897,700118,166,0735,241,81219,503,71119,738,370
Brockhill4,051,9404,763,8084,963,9044,653,1315,644,9346,545,910
Bullingdon12,031,51912,864,24113,384,84614,695,5946,696,9468,002,424
Bullwood Hall4,106,0284,172,8064,657,8855,270,55415,178,11416,450,925
Camp Hill8,517,7928,650,0099,072,2919,625,2425,629,4756,735,862
Canterbury6,521,8116,654,6288,217,1749,557,14610,096,50610,773,950
Cardiff11,229,72511,629,23312,000,93712,531,9946,268,1306,718,209
Castington5,997,8257,118,0339,525,57510,763,72413,370,99614,263,886
Channings Wood9,502,2939,941,72610,729,53111,218,52511,197,42712,033,756
Chelmsford8,734,8158,949,1569,663,88310,629,04711,238,88912,381,004
Colchester74,5276,704,6617,504,7367,506,83411,573,58012,872,923
Coldingley6,714,4723,227,9383,304,6633,385,4247,909,2348,151,903
Cookham Wood3,126,92913,593,18613,503,04414,982,0683,576,8783,973,515
Dartmoor12,835,5578,132,3148,821,6959,561,92514,631,69814,952,729
Deerbolt7,620,1134,662,9994,929,5155,455,1959,711,05310,672,540
Dorchester4,445,5516,014,7236,365,7736,620,5095,726,2726,397,176
Dover5,633,1656,392,9056,668,3446,491,5106,728,4297,531,999
Downview6,199,1714,255,1084,625,9434,711,3067,158,9408,572,194
Drake Hall4,056,81119,708,04620,409,67921,911,3605,694,2136,516,051
Durham18,607,1491, 793,7311,887,0692,002,55422,550,47923,777,700
East Sutton Park1, 773,1 225,870,662 6,848,5127,131,6712,198.6322,663,045
Eastwood Park 4,607,58714,200,52714,523,51915,212,3007,352,5008,042,491
Elmley12,632,5065,690,4646,074,3106,392,08915,151,35316,103,052
Erlestoke5,610,8777,879,9928,142,0138,193,3606,191,1306,908,722
Everthorpe7,597,5409,041,3989,854,6669,811,7217,959,4288,302,402
Exeter8,459,28811,180,26011,297,28911,717,51710,282,66911,607,391
Featherstone10,686,76217,065,61219,331,69224,01 0.37212,549,69313,097,562
Feltham16,214,5696,106,1076,007,9526,371,06324,409,61630,914,848
Ford5,977,8764,120,0514,456,9844,950,8956,271,6787,235,485
Foston Hall3,158,49220,685,70623,178,17424,079,7245,299,2416,645,225
Frankland17,174,53121,743,46822,664,10223,505,34524,550,21026,165,447
Full Sutton 20,454,41111,862,88212,200,67712,876,75523,541,02624,773,246
Garth11,464,2778,522,9778,918,1739,217,60512,879,05413,576,683
Gartree8,352,71314,266,49815,462,66315,968,1778,886,5228,907,622
Glen Parva13,386,3946,271,3506,563,4706,922,28716,615,88017,838,628
Gloucester6,209,3609,658,21210,507,80411,295,7557,417,8887,925,897
Grendon9,211,3477,295,6268,132,6468,358,28311,293,39811,834,438
Guys Marsh6,230,2322,700,6632,875,4472,948,8448,103,3038,984,586
Haslar2,390,0063,153,3903,107,6534,400,5542,847,5983,430,226
Hatfield4,008,6119,223,1189,012,1259,291,3884,116,132merge withmoorland
Haverigg9,551,8752,560,9802,650,1962,777,5199,638,7199,846,313
Hewell Grange 2,641,55916,295,90116,499,11017,423,1923,018,6423,073,260
High Down14,750,86613,250,07414,677,88615,485,65517,266,74418,620,299
Highpoint11,694,63710,801,49711,287,01111,883,43816,860,13118,628,779
Hindley10,569,8369,512,60910,632,55511,699,92913,429,47617,104,335
Hollesley Bay Colony10,762,34218,388,00219,004,31119,759,75712,710.16414,900,729
Holloway17,843,58514,779,35415,400,96916,697,11520,210,79824,950,875
HolmeHouse14,409,49212,209,39912,872,71713,376,71616,789,32818,220,248
Hull11,720,8487,268,6978,249,2638,905,47213,824,39117,551,047
Huntercombe5,253,8594,238,9874,518,2464,945,04610,066,59612,126,323
Kingston3,951,8839,877,2899,927,4419,671,5234,748,4715,133,177
Kirkharn9,759,1542,355,6862,665,2712,745,20910.642.72511,292,357
Kirklevington range2,439,3484,797,3245,062,9665,293,5312,806,2203,088,564
Lancaster Castle 4,638,9579,833,263 10,461,77811,808,1585,718,9026,137,630
Lancaster Farms9,661,1622,451,1162,786,7792,838,86211,726,24813,087,839
Latchmere House2,496,03520,059,55321,338,01523,720,7723,052,4663,419,175
Leeds 18,394,5967,864,9597,886,7148,294,29523,291,51024,161,348
Leicester7,927,4199,304,6299,951,1l89,929,5418,204,34881462,450
Lewes9,234,6807,708,8808,008,9748,298,6159,985,42510,262,873
Leyhill7,173,42810,775,53711,163,75911,436,1038,585,0739,761,621
Lincoln10,822,22313,758,54314,237,52215,677,11311,655,84113,468,973
Lindholme12,241,5359,087,8949,454,70110,094,25815,386,51216,782,005
Littlehey8,960,23223,977,90425,072,33626,382,43310,376,19710,532,341
Liverpool23,391,48517,348,40119,035,89119,767,60725,565,33226,779,122
Long Lartin15,764,6826,159,6716,744,0657,037,55320,122,53720,297,349
Low Newton5,770,76210,657,16110,804,10211,464,2357,547,5728,027,668
Maidstone9,817,52825,904,73226,780,91028,052,55710,405,35711,094,821
Manchester23,679,48513,222,45113,684,73214,421,91926,037,37125,453,776
Moorland12,184,6212,592,9472,673,5553,277,93015,006,46920,902,463
Morton Hall2,536,3178,787,09910,079,42611,397,4624,821,3076,514,375
Mount (The)8,296,7167,514,9878,014,4468,733,76711,565,50912,808,539
New Hall6,982,7893,220,7483,310,0073,742,73110,413,87611,888,471
North Sea Camp3,315,2224,733,9764,867,4535,485,6923,738,1394,446,814
Northallerton4,727,46212,264,19913,246,30213,817,8855,080,1455,273,815
Norwich11,865,1398,633,5399,771,27010,207,33014,164,85115,229,088
Nottingham8,140,32310,546,37312,044,12112,673,58710,413,67211,178,582
Onley9,232,29411,014,38111,848,89612,216,69413,566,35814,770,000
Parkhurst10,806,06719,311,60620,079,58620,816,59312,434,86313,259,482
Pentonville17,276,3169,259,2199,703,55510,719,88022,239,32325,047,521
Portland8,844,90912,048,35012,473,58712,699,38211,333,92411,106,772
Preston12,567,26010,875,72911,901,68812,902,00413,192,09914,005,563
Ranby 9,256,0355,501,5405,884,2796,417,85612,851,50614,269,727
Reading5,045,21315,983,57115,450,92615,920,0996,761,1787,080,270
Risley15,895,3778,230,7828,805,0589,335,37316,393,28118,221,821
Rochester8,035,4273,531,6724,155,9554,535,0198,790,5558,601,059
Send3,291,3014,205,9924,673,2064,915,6674,609,3074,973,567
Shepton Mallet3,938,4315,880,9536,352,3816,640,2814,833,0944,990,999
Shrewsbury5,493,9079,824,84410,484,86110,924,1386,518,0347,340,719
Stafford9,451,8886,305,4896,373,8766,648,87610,624,65112,305,294
Standford Hill6,269,2818,297,2028,910,8299,334,9437,308,0288,107,638
Stocken7,220,5819,840,54111,109,50912,861,6209,454,46610,199,203
Stoke Heath8,374,4688,701,37910,340,86410,453,73313,631,59215,705,333
Styal6,462,0267,002,1297,248,6367,446,03610,894,27311,529,555
Sudbury6,914,03511,175,12412,643,39913,300,5787,606,3107,700,779
Swaleside10,858,2726,789,5137,007,1937,235,11613,493,14313,776,388
Swansea6,524,8136,646,4697,035,1467,138,2377,511,9338,219,128
Swinfen Hall5,193,8916,322,3496,637,5156,875,6777,445,5947,860,939
Thorn Cross6,140,6175,423,0305,978,8396,415,4207,369,8087,370,209
Usk/HMYOI Prescoed5,221,1498,624,2978,775,2369,026,0836,805,5267,171,809
Verne (The)8,493,94418,687,46818,979,62620,327,8329,534,35310,002,290
Wakefield17,706,56321,530,15523,135,28124,660,69919,914,09920,955,508
Wandsworth20,228,5229,035,0669,678,5179,965,81625,450,13627,936,164
Wayland8,788,3159,579,65410,346,15610,778,9469,928,88510,818,403
Wealstun9,534,9697,019,5366,835,9697,126,52610,870,43411,659,314
Weare (The)6,062,3086,777,1998,662,2599,059,9267,340,0167–920,458
Wellingborough6,024,3304,593,3124,673,3815,001,3149,133,0349,306,369
Werrington3,600,3426,813,4137,510,1668,1 65,5325,105,3265,820,567
Wetherby6,096,6284,303,0894,588,7264,784,9958,645,08010,161,472
Whatton4,033,44920,326,35020,794,06622,226,5674,877,5285,783,699
Whitemoor19,743,78310,989,60211,191,44111,468,74322,611,76924,138,779
Winchester11,532,77018,838,06719,316,50721,582,33011,907,73913,206,337
Woodhill17,230,41420,861,11421,159,76722,736,14922,103,66523,631,597
Wormwood Scrubs20,654,12113,310,31214,274,32215,150,40523,256,55224.691,189
Wymott13,519,80714,929,81615,501,820


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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]

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]

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]

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.


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