Dr. John CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for how long Her Majesty's prison Haverigg has been a prison establishment.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility 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 form Mr. Derek Lewis to Dr. John Cunningham, dated 25 November 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the length of time Haverigg prison has been a Prison Service establishment.The land on which Haverigg prison now stands was purchased in 1939 by the Air Ministry and was used as a wartime aerodrome. In 1966 it passed to the Prison Service who converted the site for use as a category C establishment.The first governor was appointed on 3 July 1967 and the first inmates were received into the prison on Wednesday 22 November 1967.