High Point Prison

HC Deb 16 February 1976 vol 905 c520W

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the total cost of modernising the 22 houses for prison staff at High Point Prison;

(2) what is the total cost of the 104 houses being provided for prison staff at High Point Prison;

(3) what is the total cost of the 223 houses for prison staff to be built at Haverhill.

Dr. Summerskill

Of the 104 houses to be provided at High Point, 88 will be former Ministry of Defence houses adapted, extended and modernised at a cost of £960,000 to meet agreed standards for prison service personnel. About £200,000 of this sum is attributable to the 22 houses on which work has been completed. The 16 other houses included in the total of 104 will be new construction. Planning for these and for the 223 houses to be built at Haverhill is at too early a stage for reliable costings to be available.