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Prison Service: Dismissal

Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many Prison Service employees have been dismissed as a result of their non-compliance with rules on (a) sex and (b) race discrimination in the last five years for which figures are available. [179733]

Mr. Hanson: According to centrally held records in the public sector Prison Service, 24 employees were dismissed as a result of their non-compliance with rules on sex discrimination and race discrimination between January 2003 and December 2007.

Prisoners Release

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what guidance is given to prison governors on arrangements for releasing juveniles at the end of their sentences when they have no accommodation arranged. [180288]


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Maria Eagle: Prison Service Order 6400 requires that, where a prisoner has no address to go to on release, the relevant housing advice or resettlement/youth offending team worker must be informed.

Planning for a young person’s resettlement, in particular the living arrangements, must begin during induction and continue throughout the custodial period. The relevant youth offending team must ensure that each young person gains access, where appropriate, to the accommodation services which local authority social services and housing departments have a duty to provide.

Prisoners Release: Foreigners

Nick Herbert: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convicted foreign national prisoners were released from prisons in England and Wales in the last 12 months. [179901]

Mr. Straw: There were 78,400 discharges from determinate sentences on completion of sentence or on licence of adult and young adult offenders in 2006 (the latest year for which data are available), of which around 7,300 (9 per cent.) were foreign nationals.

For the proportion of total prisoners who are foreign nationals, Council of Europe data on foreign national prisoners held in other major western countries reveal much higher proportions, for example in Austria (43 per cent.), Spain (33 per cent.), Germany (28 per cent.) and France (21 per cent.) than the figure for England and Wales (14 per cent.), based on 2006 population data.

The domestic figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Prisoners: Australasia

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) Australian and (b) New Zealand nationals are in prison in the UK. [179492]

Mr. Hanson: At the end of September 2007, the latest date for which figures are currently available, there were (a) 26 Australian and (b) 10 New Zealand prisoners held in all prison establishments in England and Wales.

This information is available at the following website:

The following website gives the publishing schedule for Ministry of Justice statistical publications:

Data for December 2007 will be published on 31 January 2008.

Comparable information for Scotland and Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Scottish Executive and the Northern Ireland Prison Service.

These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.


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Prisoners: Foreigners

Nick Herbert: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library copies of all correspondence between the Border and Immigration Agency and the National Offender Management Service on policy towards foreign national prisoners. [179920]

Mr. Straw: Policy towards foreign national prisoners is the subject of joint work and ongoing discussions between NOMS and BIA. The revised Prison Service Order 4630 was agreed as part of continuing policy development and detailed discussions on other matters have been the subject of the monthly liaison meetings which have taken place since April 2007. I have placed a copy of the PSO in the Library.

Disclosure of correspondence into the public domain would prejudice the effective exchange of views between both BIA and NOMS which is necessary when developing policies and procedures in respect of foreign national prisoners.

Prisons

Nick Herbert: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the estimated cost is of creating the Titan prison model, including resources to (a) develop, (b) design, (c) plan and (d) procure the prison; [176098]

(2) what the estimated annual total running cost is of a 2,500-bed Titan prison; [176099]

(3) what the estimated total running costs are of the additional prison places due to be delivered by 2014; [176101]

(4) pursuant to his statement of 5 December 2007, Official Report, column 827, on prisons: Carter Review, how much of the £1.2 billion for prisons announced in his Statement is available for his Department to spend (a) immediately and (b) after March 2011; [176265]

(5) pursuant to his statement of 5 December 2007, Official Report, on the Carter review of prisons, how much of the £1.2 billion for prisons will be available in each financial year up to 2014 for (a) capital construction and (b) resource spending; [176664]

(6) what proportion of the £1.2 billion for prisons announced in his statement of 5 December 2007, Official Report, column 828, on the Carter review of prisons, has been allocated for (a) building new prisons and (b) increasing capacity in existing prisons. [176665]

Mr. Straw: I announced on 5 December 2007 a programme for building 10,500 prison places to be delivered by 2014. This was in response to Lord Carter’s Review on Prisons Securing the Future. The programme includes building up to three large ‘Titan’ prisons, housing around 2,500 prisoners each and closing old and inefficient prisons. The cost of construction (including development and design but not land) of the Titan prisons has been estimated to be around £350 million each at 2007-08 prices.

The indicative funding profile for this programme for the CSR period 2008-09 to 2010-11 is shown in the following table. The table also includes provision for
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the purchase of land for Titans and for the possible conversion of a second military camp that has been provisionally allocated to the post 2011 SR period and will be subject to the usual SR process.

£ million
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Total

Resource

126.0

213.0

166.0

505.0

Capital

326.0

183.0

(1)-10.0

499.0

Military camp (if required)

108.0

108.0

Land purchase for Titans

122.0

122.0

Total

452.0

396.0

156.0

230.0

1,234.0

(1) -£10 million represents funding moved into earlier years to allow faster progress on the programme.

Around £700 million is estimated for the building and conversion of new places at existing prison sites. This is included in the aforementioned table. Funding does not include the construction and operating costs of the Titan prisons which are planned to open after 2011. This will also be subject to the usual SR process.

Sites have been identified for quick build units within the prison estate and are subject to the usual planning process. However, planning for the individual projects
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(which includes Titans), including the delivery timeframe and capital and resource requirements in each year, is being developed. Work is progressing to assess the various procurement options and associated costs to deliver Titan prisons.

The Carter Report (pages 19-20) gave estimates of a range of capital unit cost per place for the various security categories of prisoner accommodation. Currently the estimated capital cost of the programme announced on 5 December is £2.3 billion including the current CSR period and beyond.

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the certified normal accommodation was for each prison in each week since 26 January 2007. [180292]

Mr. Hanson: The following tables show the in-use CNA(1) for prisons in England and Wales on the last Friday of each month in 2007.


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2007
Prison January February March April May June

Acklington

854

854

854

854

854

854

Albany

525

525

525

525

526

526

Altcourse

614

614

614

614

614

614

Ashfield

400

400

400

400

400

400

Ashwell

535

535

535

535

535

535

Askham Grange

126

126

126

126

126

126

Aylesbury

437

437

437

437

437

437

Bedford

325

325

325

325

325

324

Belmarsh

799

799

799

799

799

799

Birmingham

1,121

1,121

1,121

1,121

1,121

1,121

Blakenhurst

821

821

821

821

821

821

Blantyre House

122

122

122

122

122

122

Blundeston

420

420

420

420

421

421

Brinsford

473

473

473

473

473

473

Bristol

420

420

420

420

420

420

Brixton

606

606

606

606

606

606

Brockhill

170

170

170

170

170

170

Bronzefield

450

450

450

450

450

450

Buckley Hall

350

350

350

350

350

350

Bullingdon

759

759

759

759

759

759

Bullwood Hall

180

180

180

180

180

180

Camp Hill

523

523

523

523

523

523

Canterbury

196

196

196

196

196

196

Cardiff

524

524

524

524

524

524

Castington

400

400

400

400

400

400

Channings Wood

634

634

634

634

634

634

Chelmsford

468

468

468

468

539

541

Coldingley

370

370

370

370

370

370

Cookham Wood

127

127

127

127

137

137

Dartmoor

598

598

598

618

618

604

Deerbolt

453

513

444

444

444

444

Doncaster

771

771

771

771

771

771

Dorchester

147

147

147

147

147

147

Dovegate

800

800

800

800

800

800

Dover

316

316

316

316

316

316

Downview

347

358

356

358

358

358

Drake Hall

315

315

315

315

315.

315

Durham

591

591

591

591

591

591

East Sutton Park

98

98

98

98

98

98

Eastwood Park

326

326

326

326

326

326

Edmunds Hill

366

366

366

366

366

366

Elmley

753

753

753

753

753

753

Erlestoke

426

426

426

426

426

426

Everthorpe

642

642

642

642

602

602

Exeter

316

316

316

316

316

316

Featherstone

599

599

599

599

599

599

Feltham

764

764

764

764

764

764

Ford

541

541

541

541

541

541

Forest Bank

800

800

800

800

800

800

Foston Hall

283

283

283

283

283

283

Frankland

727

727

727

727

727

727

Full Sutton

592

592

592

592

592

592

Garth

584

584

584

584

584

584

Gartree

570

570

570

570

570

570

Glen Parva

668

668

668

668

668

668

Gloucester

225

225

225

225

225

225

Grendon

241

241

240

240

240

240

Guys Marsh

519

519

520

520

520

520

Haslar

160

160

124

124

160

160

Haverigg

558

558

558

558

558

558

Hewell Grange

187

187

187

187

187

187

Highdown

643

643

643

643

643

643

Highpoint

792

792

792

792

792

792

Hindley

431

431

507

515

515

515

Hollesley Bay

330

330

330

330

330

330

Holloway

487

487

487

487

487

487

Holme House

857

857

857

857

857

857

Hull

723

723

723

723

723

723

Huntercombe

360

360

360

360

360

360

Kennet

0

0

0

0

0

25

Kingston

194

194

194

199

199

199

Kirkham

588

588

588

588

588

590

Kirklevington

223

223

223

223

223

223

Lancaster

159

138

157

157

157

157

Lancaster Farms

480

480

480

480

480

480

Latchmere House

207

207

207

207

207

207

Leeds

678

678

678

678

678

678

Leicester

206

206

206

206

206

206

Lewes

458

458

458

458

458

458

Leyhill

512

512

512

512

512

512

Lincoln

306

306

306

314

444

444

Lindholme

982

982

982

982

982

982

Littlehey

663

663

663

663

663

663

Liverpool

1,129

1,131

1,131

1,131

1,128

1,128

Long Lartin

454

454

454

454

454

454

Low Newton

285

285

285

285

285

285

Lowdham Grange

504

504

504

640

640

640

Maidstone

559

559

559

559

559

558

Manchester

954

954

954

954

954

954

Moorland

740

740

740

740

740

740

Moorland Open

260

260

260

260

260

260

Morton Hall

392

392

392

392

392

392

Mount

704

704

704

704

704

704

New Hall

393

393

393

393

393

393

North Sea Camp

306

306

306

306

306

306

Northallerton

153

153

153

153

153

153

Norwich

535

535

535

535

535

507

Nottingham

383

383

383

383

379

379

Onley

640

640

640

640

640

640

Parc

838

838

838

838

838

838

Parkhurst

448

462

462

462

460

461

Pentonville

760

739

739

819

819

819

Peterborough

840

840

840

840

840

840

Portland

531

531

519

519

519

519

Prescoed

167

167

167

167

167

167

Preston

382

429

429

429

429

429

Ranby

912

912

912

912

912

912

Reading

190

190

190

190

190

182

Risley

1,038

1,038

1,038

1,038

1,038

1,038

Rochester

392

392

392

392

392

392

Rye Hill

600

600

600

600

600

600

Send

218

218

218

218

218

217

Shepton Mallet

165

165

165

165

165

165

Shrewsbury

181

181

181

181

181

181

Spring Hill

329

329

334

334

334

334

Stafford

676

680

680

680

680

680

Standford Hill

464

464

464

464

464

464

Stocken

595

595

595

595

595

595

Stoke Heath

574

574

574

574

574

574

Styal

442

449

449

449

449

449

Sudbury

563

563

563

563

563

563

Swaleside

756

756

756

756

756

756

Swansea

240

240

240

240

240

240

Swinfen Hall

600

600

600

600

600

600

Thorn Cross

322

322

322

322

322

322

Usk

150

150

150

150

150

150

Verne

558

558

558

558

558

558

Wakefield

748

748

748

748

748

748

Wandsworth

965

965

965

965

965

965

Warren Hill

222

222

222

222

222

222

Wayland

657

657

657

657

657

657

Wealstun

885

885

885

885

885

885

Wellingborough

636

636

636

636

636

636

Werrington

160

160

160

160

160

160

Wetherby

360

360

360

360

360

360

Whatton

719

719

698

698

698

698

Whitemoor

464

464

464

464

464

464

Winchester

378

378

378

378

378

378

Wolds

320

320

320

320

320

320

Woodhill

615

615

615

641

641

641

Wormwood Scrubs

1,173

1,173

1,173

1,173

1,173

1,173

Wymott

997

1,005

1,005

1,005

1,005

1,005


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