§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department which penal establishments are currently of security category C; and what is the average cost of keeping a prisoner and the staff-prisoner ratio at each.
§ Mr. MellorThe most recent available information is as follows:
Establishment Prisoners per member of staff (as at 1 January 1986) Cost per prisoner (1984–85) £ Featherstone 3.71 188 Ranby 3.11 203 Stafford 3.21 207 Stocken 2.73 n/a Acklington 2.89 216 Haverigg 4.86 151 Lancaster 2.40 155 Lindholme n/a n/a Preston 4.17 148 Thorp Arch n/a n/a Wymott 3.76 187 Camp Hill 2.64 238 Highpoint 3.06 207 Northeye 4.91 149 Norwich (Brittania Unit) 2.58 n/a Send n/a n/a Wayland 3.64 n/a Channings Wood 2.85 242 Shepton Mallett 3.10 210 The Verne 3.83 203 Figures are not available where the establishment was not operating or was not fully operational as a category C prison at the date given, except in the case of the Britannia unit of Norwich prison, the costs of which are not separately recorded centrally.