§ 27. Mr. Rentonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money his Department has now committed to the building of new prisons; and how many prisoners will be accommodated in these prisons.
§ Mr. MellorGovernment commitments on public expenditure for prisons are announced in the annual White Papers, the most recent of which is Cmnd. 8789. The prison building programme is expected to provide 3,000 places by 1986–87. New establishments are under construction at Wayland, Norfolk; Appleton Thorn, Cheshire; Stocken, Leicestershire; Full Sutton, Humberside. Six others are at various stages of design and programmed for completion in the period 1988 to 1992. My right hon. Friend hopes to add further projects to this list later this year.