§ Mr. MalinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) new prisons have opened and (b) prisons have closed in each year since 1979. [11249]
§ Ms QuinTable A details new prison establishments that have been brought into use—short-term conversions of, for example, Army camps are not included—since 1979. Table B details those which have been taken out of use since 1979.
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Table A: New prisons opened by year since 1979 Year Name of prison Current role 1979 Wymott C 1980 — — 1981 — — 1982 Frankland Dispersal 1983 Castington YOI 1984 — — 1985 Featherstone C Lindholme C Wayland C Stocken C Thorn Cross Open YOI
Table A: New prisons opened by year since 1979 Year Name of prison Current role 1986 — — 1987 Full Sutton Dispersal 1988 Littlehey C The Mount C Swaleside B Garth B 1989 Downview C 1990 — — 1991 Belmarsh Local/Dispersal Moorland YOI/Audit Male Trainer/Audit Remand Whitemoor Dispersal Brinsford YOI 1992 Elmley Local/Trainer Bullingdon Local Wolds Remand Centre Holme House Local Woodhill Local High Down Local 1993 Lancaster Farms YOI Blakenhurst Local Doncaster Local 1995 Buckley Hall C YOI: young offenders institution.
Table B: Prisons taken out of use since 1979 Year taken out of use Name of prison 1981 Appleton Thorn 1982 Moor Court 1983 Gaynes Hall 1987 Medomsley 1988 Gringley 1989 Ashford 1989 Buckley Hall 1991 Campsfield House 1992 Lowdham Grange 1992 Northeye 1996 Finnamore Wood 1996 Oxford 1996 Pucklechurch Three of locations—Appleton Thorn, Buckley Hall and Gaynes Hall—are now the sites of new prisons; HMYOI Thorn Cross, HMP Buckley Hall and HMP Littlehey respectively. In addition, Lowdham Grange is currently being rebuilt and another, Pucklechurch, is to be rebuilt during 1998–99. Planning clearance also exists to build a new prison on the site of what was Ashford remand centre.