§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans exist for building new prisons; when these establishments will receive their first prisoners; if he proposes to build any new prisons in west Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorThe new prison building programme consists of 16 projects, of which three have already been completed. The following table indicates when these establishments are expected to receive their first inmates.
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Name of establishment Location Projected date for reception of first inmates Wayland Griston, Norfolk Occupied Stocken Stretton, Leicestershire Occupied Thorn Cross Appleton Thorn, Cheshire Occupied Full Sutton Stamford Bridge, Humberside April 1987 Littlehey Perry, Cambridgeshire September 1987 Mount Bovingdon, Hertfordshire October 1987 Swaleside Eastchurch, Kent April 1988 Garth Ulnes Walton, Lancashire June 1988 Brinsford Wolverhampton, Staffordshire December 1989 Whitemoor March, Cambridgeshire April 1990 Bicester Arncott, Oxfordshire October 1990 Woolwich Woolwich, Greater London July 1991 Lancaster Farms Lancaster, Lancashire October 1991 Milton Keynes Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire March 1992 Doncaster Doncaster, South Yorkshire *1992 Ashford Ashford, Middlesex *1993 * Provisional. Design work is planned to start on two further establishments in due course. The locations of these projects have not yet been finally determined. There are at present no plans to build new prisons in west Yorkshire, but major redevelopment is in progress or planned for the five existing establishments in the county.