§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much of the £11 million allocated for running costs and service development work in 2001–02 in respect of new places in the Prison Service High Security estate has been reallocated to other key Home Office priorities. [22091]
§ Beverley Hughes[holding answer 13 December 2001]The initial allocation in 2001–02 for running costs and service development was £11 million. This figure was244W necessarily an estimated projection of likely spend for the year because of the ground-breaking nature of this work. Project spend is carefully monitored and regular forecasting exercises are carried out.
Latest projections show that £5.67 million will be spent within this financial year, and £5.33 million reallocated to other key Home Office priorities.