§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a list of all the subcontractors providing services at or relating to Blakenhurst prison; and if he will list in each case the services provided, the length of the contract, and the cost of the contract.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 30 June 1994]:Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 1 July 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the subcontractors at Blakenhurst; the services provided, the length of the contract and the cost of the contract.The subcontractors concerned and the services they provide are as follows:
- Mowlem Training: Education
- Worcester Royal Infirmary: Hospital
Maintenance
- Robert O'Neill: Mechanical Services
- Sword Brothers: Electricians
- Detail Design Engineering
- Marcom Camera Services
- CHS Water Treatment
- DJS: Painters
- Westwoods: Carpenters
- Wormold Britannia: Alarm specialists
- Baron Pest Control
- Elliot Brothers: Lightening Conductors
- Huffey Construction
- HMP Newell Grange: Ground maintenance
Although they may not employ subcontractors without our express authority, the value and length of the contracts with subcontractors are matters for United Kingdom Detention Services to determine and to decide whether they should be disclosed.