HC Deb 03 March 1965 vol 707 cc261-2W
Mr. Alison

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current building programme for new prisons , for how many of such prisons the sites have ben selected; for how many of those selected details have been published; and what principles, in order of importance, govern the selection of sites.

Miss Bacon

Sites for 17 new establishments have been selected and announced. On these thre prisons, four remand centres and one detention centre are under construction; five prisons, two borstals and one detention centre are at the design stage; design work for a prison on the

PLANT AND EQUIPMENT FROM THE ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY, WOOLWICH DISPOSED OF BY PUBLIC AUCTION SINCE JANUARY, 1964
Description Number Date of Acquisition Original Cost £
Vickers Empire carton wire stitching machine and motor … 5 1951 625
Rotary Printing machine … 1 1936 342
Belt Driven Box Nailing Machine … 1 1954 578
5 cwt. Electric Hoist … 1 1956 297
Pneumatic Core Blowing machine … 1 1952 662
Pneumatic Core Moulding machine … 2 1950 604
Mould Closer with Vacuum Pump … 1 1958 382
Single Station Moulding machine and ancillaries … 1 1941–57 1,735
Welding Manipulator with motors … 1 1951 972
Shot Blast Plant … 1 1937 72
Portable Concrete Mixer … 1 1952 694
Portable Concrete Mixer … 2 1949–52 998
Portable Concrete Mixer … 1 1943 188
2 ton Hand Operated Portable Jib Crane … 1 1944 72
Industrial Sewing machine … 1 1956 394
Electric Brazing machine … 2 1953–59 1,195
Air Control Unit … 2
Steam Boiler … 2
Portable Vacuum Cleaning Plant … 1 1952 260
Boot and Shoe Stitching machine … 1 1946 526
Leather Channelling machine … 1 1960 56
Cardboard Gang Scoring machine … 2 1951–2 482
Electric Air Cleaner … 5 1958 400
Vehicle Battery Charger … 2 1951 104
Steam Heated Degreasing Plant … 1 1955 640
Portable Steam Cleaning Plant … 1 1953 440
Portable Electric Welding Plant … 1 1945 163
Electric Furnace and Ancillary Equipment … 3 1935–51 934
Tube Cutting-off machine … 1 1958 231

remaining site will begin shortly. My right hon. Friend is examining the need for further establishments. Sites are selected primarily with the aim of achieving a satisfactory distribution of the different types of establishment throughout the country.