§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the cost of building each of the last four new prisons in England and Wales.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 4 March 1994]: Responsibility for this matter has been passed 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 7 March 1994. 18W
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the cost of building each of the last four prisons in England and Wales.The costs of these prisons are as follows:
Prison Cost £ million Highdown 91.2 Lancaster Farms 73.1 Blakenhurst 91.0 Doncaster 94.4