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Prisons

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list (a) the running costs for each establishment or prison in the Prison Service and (b) the average number of prisoners held at that establishment in each of the last three financial years for which figures are available. [201031]

Paul Goggins: The following table provides information for financial years 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2003–04 relating to Prison Service running costs for each establishment along with the average number of prisoners held at that establishment. Data on contracted prisons for 2003–04, which transferred to the National Offender Management Service that year, is not held centrally.

	Population			Net expenditure (£)
Sector/ Establishment	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Contracted out prisons
Altcourse	826	981	996	30,595,377.96	32,154,593.40	Not available
Ashfield	377	267	278	12,542,676.96	9,820,998.72	Not available
Doncaster	1,079	1,122	1,110	18,369,239.04	19,252,815.48	Not available
Dovegate	—	754	849	—	24,511,441.56	Not available
Forest Bank	840	1,011	1,004	19,522,323.96	20,821,813.20	Not available
Lowdham Grange	495	518	522	12,694,649.04	13,159,648.80	Not available
Parc	894	975	980	28,811,957.04	31,322,995.44	Not available
Rye Hill	591	656	656	14,567,327.04	14,103,265.80	Not available
Wolds	399	381	344	8,642,517.96	8,504,900.40	Not available
Contracted out prisons total	5,500	6,664	6,740	145,746,036.00	173,652,472.80	Not available
Public prisons
Acklington	748	771	852	12,306,950.52	13,054,220.63	15,788,472.93
Albany	441	440	506	9,638,823.72	10,214,991.77	10,898,755.41
Ashwell	395	494	529	7,977,358.68	8,886,441.91	9,820,621.63
Askham Grange	125	129	125	2,802,067.92	3,010,141.59	3,504,485.35
Aylesbury	346	348	346	10,900,370.64	11,665,888.85	12,479,819.51
Bedford	414	459	476	8,449,673.64	9,496,198.32	10,592,949.56
Belmarsh	845	874	890	30,948,620.04	31,517,398.69	35,243,300.73
Birmingham	842	920	1,144	16,696,491.24	18,407,049.27	26,001,933.35
Blakenhurst	838	864	875	9,672,423.96	12,205,742.38	14,323,009.16
Blantyre House	117	119	120	2,490,331.56	2,610,224.12	2,804,446.76
Blundeston	415	430	457	9,982,610.40	10,665,340.96	11,696,407.12
Brinsford	451	457	455	12,069,795.12	13,067,319.60	14,719,849.89
Bristol	574	603	586	17,134,205.04	17,726,083.52	17,527,369.32
Brixton	757	781	795	19,503,710.64	19,738,369.57	20,145,741.42
Brockhill	154	157	146	5,643,992.64	6,545,909.88	7,177,765.87
Buckley Hall	327	252	299	6,696,946.20	8,002,424.25	8,754,832.76
Bullingdon	889	923	946	15,178,113.72	16,450,924.62	18,905,326.43
Bullwood Hall	167	169	154	5,623,915.92	6,735,862.20	7,537,890.15
Camp Hill	525	536	565	10,096,506.48	10,773,949.96	11,650,349.42
Canterbury	286	302	297	6,268,130.16	6,718,208.85	6,905,821.51
Cardiff	643	664	670	13,370,996.16	14,263,885.93	15,517,951.68
Castington	296	326	274	11,168,009.76	12,033,756.12	13,481,139.10
Channings Wood	588	613	635	11,238,889.44	12,381,003.81	13,442,288.38
Chelmsford	467	564	573	11,573,580.12	12,872,923.29	13,939,441.66
Coldingley	364	378	386	7,909,234.44	8,151,903.19	9,128,148.67
Cookham Wood	147	129	133	3,576,877.56	3,973,515.48	4,523,752.59
Dartmoor	600	613	607	14,631,698.16	14,952,728.64	15,438,615.31
Deerbolt	405	446	447	9,711,053.16	10,672,539.93	12,815,868.22
Dorchester	241	245	235	5,726,271.96	6,397,175.71	6,958,360.69
Dover	200	180	286	6,728,429.04	7,531,998.94	8,535,930.83
Downview	201	226	211	7,158,939.72	8,572,194.48	9,514,316.75
Drake Hall	230	261	289	5,694,213.12	6,516,051.23	7,472,584.80
Durham	698	706	707	22,550,478.60	23,777,699.87	25,058,947.41
East Sutton Park	93	90	95	2,198,632.20	2,663,044.75	2,573,575.67
Eastwood Park	314	296	282	7,352,499.84	8,042,491.32	9,913,081.09
Edmunds Hill	—	—	236	—	—	10,166,109.34
Elmley	917	962	978	15,151,352.64	16,103,052.04	16,341,014.54
Erlestoke	319	351	410	6,191,129.88	6,908,721.70	8,121,058.84
Everthorpe	432	372	444	7,959,428.16	8,302,402.15	9,197,297.31
Exeter	479	505	522	10,282,668.96	11,607,391.18	12,234,022.00
Featherstone	588	607	612	12,549,693.24	13,097,561.68	13,682,193.96
Feltham	650	657	654	24,346,836.72	30,914,847.84	34,739,708.34
Ford	411	497	507	6,271,677.84	7,235,484.88	7,751,286.18
Foston Hall	193	216	221	5,299,241.16	6,045,225.42	6,578,212.21
Frankland	638	649	652	24,550,210.44	26,165,446.85	29,118,141.90
Full Sutton	591	601	604	23,541,026.40	24,773,246.12	26,386,702.21
Garth	613	649	649	12,879,053.64	13,576,682.98	14,617,993.19
Gartree	282	281	337	8,886,522.36	8,907,621.83	10,526,747.60
Glen Parva	768	776	768	16,615,880.04	17,838,628.16	18,973,060.82
Gloucester	287	313	299	7,417,887.96	7,925,896.84	8,838,003.52
Grendon	446	464	540	11,293,397.88	11,834,437.62	14,095,176.72
Guys Marsh	509	529	557	8,103,303.12	8,984,586.08	10,274,248.73
Haslar	146	131	133	2,847,597.84	3,430,225.55	4,184,600.54
Hatfield	169	—	—	4,116,131.64	—	—
Haverigg	537	544	553	9,638,718.96	9,846,312.95	11,207,603.76
Hewell Grange	168	182	169	3,018,642.24	3,073,260.46	3,647,648.31
High Down	708	724	733	17,266,744.08	18,620,299.16	18,342,968.39
Highpoint	841	872	739	16,860,130.56	18,628,778.69	13,421,205.82
Hindley	447	507	504	13,429,475.64	17,104,335.36	18,631,028.63
Hollesley Bay	335	424	306	12,625,347.24	14,900,729.52	6,936,001.18
Holloway	486	481	467	20,210,798.28	24,950,875.19	24,503,392.74
Holme House	938	978	979	16,789,327.68	18,220,248.23	19,642,584.13
Hull	575	793	1,022	13,824,391.20	17,551,047.22	21,767,681.07
Huntercombe	326	346	321	9,984,811.92	12,126,322.68	13,683,794.82
Kingston	182	187	161	4,748,471.40	5,133,177.30	5,263,066.42
Kirkham	479	482	526	10,642,725.24	11,292,356.57	11,834,765.33
Kirklevington	172	181	217	2,806,220.04	3,088,563.53	3,739,040.74
Lancaster	226	237	237	5,718,901.92	6,137,630.11	6,560,738.78
Lancaster Farms	499	478	465	11,715,332.64	13,087,838.64	15,402,635.01
Latchmere House	171	188	193	3,052,466.28	3,419,175.01	3,795,789.14
Leeds	1,234	1,244	1,246	23,291,510.28	24,161,348.29	25,793,017.19
Leicester	342	362	380	8,204,348.52	8,402,449.99	9,321,911.08
Lewes	461	510	498	9,985,425.36	10,262,873.21	12,151,241.46
Leyhill	380	425	499	8,585,072.76	9,761,621.43	10,238,610.72
Lincoln	514	452	462	11,655,840.96	13,468,972.50	14,168,125.75
Lindholme	617	724	710	15,386,512.44	16,782,005.24	17,181,143.31
Littlehey	623	651	665	10,376,196.60	10,532,340.96	11,569,348.39
Liverpool	1,349	1,444	1,438	25,565,331.96	26,779,122.44	29,081,192.62
Long Lartin	424	430	432	20,122,537.08	20,297,348.70	21,759,326.69
Low Newton	275	275	282	7,547,572.32	8,027,668.08	9,530,830.99
Maidstone	377	500	536	10,405,356.96	11,094,821.30	11,439,739.14
Manchester	1,171	1,253	1,251	26,037,370.92	25,453,776.37	28,452,774.07
Moorland	765	951	994	15,006,469.20	20,902,463.22	22,199,672.57
Morton Hall	177	251	332	4,821,306.72	6,514,374.75	8,265,011.48
Mount	728	754	757	11,565,509.04	12,808,539.13	14,103,646.46
New Hall	362	348	361	10,405,366.68	11,888,471.16	14,575,158.86
North Sea Camp	193	266	290	3,738,139.20	4,446,814.25	4,615,384.87
Northallerton	194	201	208	5,080,144.68	5,273,815.17	5,974,078.68
Norwich	726	743	721	14,164,850.88	15,229,088.10	16,123,860.07
Nottingham	501	530	534	10,413,671.88	11,178,581.58	12,353,040.22
Onley	549	519	478	13,504,210.68	14,770,000.32	15,865,977.56
Parkhurst	437	506	494	12,434,863.32	13,259,482.25	14,777,152.73
Pentonville	1,162	1,203	1,198	22,239,322.68	25,047,520.66	26,329,862.41
Portland	472	436	446	11,313,800.76	11,106,772.04	12,553,777.06
Preston	554	642	664	13,192,099.20	14,005,563.36	15,197,436.21
Ranby	729	752	799	12,851,506.44	14,269,727.16	16,128,715.73
Reading	236	263	261	6,761,178.24	7,080,270.26	8,495,683.52
Risley	801	897	1,055	16,393,280.64	18,221,820.84	20,722,667.32
Rochester	246	162	201	8,790,555.00	8,601,058.97	8,694,797.84
Send	216	215	215	4,609,306.68	4,973,567.22	6,074,953.68
Shepton Mallet	164	186	185	4,833,093.96	4,990,998.51	5,630,387.49
Shrewsbury	330	333	338	6,518,034.48	7,340,718.66	7,848,804.29
Stafford	618	630	637	10,624,650.96	12,305,293.98	13,225,249.88
Standford Hill	346	392	426	7,308,028.08	8,107,637.60	8,436,240.40
Stocken	573	577	616	9,454,465.68	10,199,202.65	11,221,790.97
Stoke Heath	522	629	619	13,554,911.40	15,705,333.36	17,394,795.84
Styal	429	432	424	10,894,273.08	11,529,555.22	13,371,178.18
Sudbury	500	506	539	7,606,310.04	7,700,778.95	8,599,753.54
Swaleside	752	769	771	13,493,143.08	13,776,387.74	14,746,329.49
Swansea	260	362	345	7,511,932.80	8,219,127.67	8,988,411.86
Swinfen Hall	312	313	313	7,445,593.56	7,860,939.19	8,609,410.44
Thorn Cross	219	208	208	7,359,860.52	7,370,209.08	8,081,102.35
Usk	324	328	392	6,805,526.40	7,171,809.47	7,951,779.91
Verne	567	581	581	9,534,353.28	10,002,289.72	10,343,170.14
Wakefield	558	570	563	19,914,098.64	20,955,508.28	21,875,455.42
Wandsworth	1,358	1,457	1,456	25,450,136.28	27,936,163.70	30,949,360.95
Warren Hill	—	—	173	—	—	9,486,155.64
Wayland	628	659	697	9,928,884.72	10,818,403.22	11,602,260.06
Wealstun	604	587	596	10,870,433.88	11,659,314.42	13,663,459.73
Weare	377	384	376	7,340,015.76	7,920,458.28	8,463,373.99
Wellingborough	503	520	519	9,133,033.92	9,306,368.67	10,427,925.20
Werrington	121	130	123	5,058,624.60	5,820,566.88	6,360,411.15
Wetherby	325	343	303	8,594,400.24	10,161,472.32	11,743,631.06
Whatton	270	290	352	4,877,527.56	5,783,698.75	7,021,856.40
Whitemoor	398	419	418	22,611,768.72	24,138,778.64	24,942,489.37
Winchester	581	618	626	11,907,739.32	13,206,336.78	14,938,932.21
Woodhill	674	754	772	22,103,665.08	23,631,596.83	26,427,000.19
Wormwood Scrubs	1,021	1,214	1,214	23,256,552.00	24,691,189.11	28,870,884.65
Wymott	790	810	841	14,929,816.44	15,501,819.76	17,605,372.62
Public prisons total	61,605	64,834	66,939	1,434,675,919.32	1,559,542,249.00	1,721,563,785.45
Prison system total	67,105	71,498	73,679	1,580,421,955.32	1,733,194,722.36	1,721,563,785.45

 
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Mr. Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the cost of the (a) performance and (b) market testing programmes for each establishment within HM Prison Service where they have been run or are ongoing for each year of operation of the programmes. [209400]

Paul Goggins: The amounts provided by the Prison Service for establishments to develop in-house bids are given in the table. Information on market test bids for Manchester and Buckley Hall in 1992 and 1994 respectively is not available. The figures in the table do not include any additional resources contributed from within establishments' own budgets. The market test and performance testing processes have proved extremely effective with successful bids leading to significant improvements in performance and value for money in establishments.

	Competition/ Establishment	In-house bid team funding (£)
	Performance test
2002	Leicester	244,000
2002	Reading	270,000
2003	Dartmoor	230,000
2003	Liverpool	230,000
2003	Bullingdon	230,000
2003	Eastwood Park	230,000
2004	Hindley	200,000
2004	Wandsworth	200,000
	Market test
2001	Brixton	305,000
2001	Wolds	328,500
2000	Manchester	400,000
2000	Blakenhurst	400,000
1999	Doncaster	230,000
1999	Buckley Hall	230,000

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many investigations are being conducted by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman into self-inflicted deaths in prisons in England and
 
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Wales; how many staff are involved in conducting these investigations; and of those staff, how many have been appointed from outside the Prison Service. [201066]

Paul Goggins: Investigation of all deaths in custody (whether apparently self- inflicted or otherwise) became the responsibility of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman on 1 April 2004. Since that date, investigations have begun into 186 deaths in prisons, immigration detention and probation approved premises. This includes 74 apparently self-inflicted deaths in prison.

The Fatal Incident Investigation Team within the Ombudsman's office comprises 22 people, 16 of whom were recruited from outside the Prison Service. The Ombudsman hopes to make further appointments.

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what meetings the Chief Executive of the National Offender Management Service has held with which private company interested in running prisons and the probation service in England and Wales; [199980]

(2) what discussions he has held with which companies about bidding for the running of young offender institutions in England and Wales. [199982]

Paul Goggins: No Home Office Minister has had discussions with any companies about bidding for the running of prisons, including young offender institutions.

The Chief Executive of the National Offender Management Service regularly meets with the four companies currently operating prisons (Global Solutions Ltd., Premier Prison Services Ltd., Securicor Justice Services Ltd. and UK Detention Services Ltd.). He has also met Cornell and Geo Group.

Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 10 January 2004, Official Report, column 344W, on prisons, what the agreed overcrowding limit is for each of the private finance initiative prisons; and what
 
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penalties have been imposed on each prison for exceeding its overcrowding limit in the last three years. [210173]

Paul Goggins: As of 19 January 2005 the agreed Operational Capacity (maximum level of permitted overcrowding) for each of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) prisons was as follows:

Establishment	Operational Capacity	Prison type
HMP and YOI Altcourse	903	Male local prison
HMYOI Ashfield	360	Male juvenile prison
HMP Bronzefield	451	Female local and training prison
HMP Dovegate	660	Male category B training prison
HMP and YOI Forest Bank	1,040	Male local prison
HMP Lowdham Grange	524	Male category B training prison
HMP and YOI Parc	1,036	Male local prison
HMP Rye Hill	664	Male category B training prison

There is no facility for any contracted prison to exceed its agreed overcrowding limit as prisoners are re-directed once that point is reached. There have therefore been no penalties awarded for excessive overcrowding.

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners at (a) Elmley prison and (b) Swaleside prison have been reclassified from category C to category D in each year since 1997. [209863]

Paul Goggins: Figures for the number of prisoners recategorised from category C to category D are available only from November 1999 onwards for Elmley prison and from 2004 for Swaleside prison.

These are shown in the following table.

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005(17)
Elmley	84	169	155	108	150	5
Swaleside	(18)—;	(18)—;	(18)—;	(18)—;	18	1
Total	(18)—;	(18)—;	(18)—;	(18)—;	168	6

⁽¹⁷⁾ To date.
⁽¹⁸⁾ Figures not recorded.

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