§ 52. Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make a statement on the additional expenditure over the original estimate which has taken place at Her Majesty's prison, Stocken, since its opening.
§ Mr. MellorFollowing the completion of the main contract for Stocken prison, further expenditure totalling £1,103,000 has been authorised. Of this, £336,000 provides the commissioning fund which is customarily established to meet the various expenses that arise in commissioning a new prison; and £430,000 has been allocated to fit out the workshops to the required specifications within the shell building provided under the main contract. The remaining £337,000 covers additional security fencing which it had similarly been agreed to undertake during the commissioning period; modifications to the gate house to bring the equipment and operating systems up to the department's current requirements, which are aimed at achieving efficiency of operation with maximum economy of staffing levels; and modifications to the sewage pumping station, including the provision of a macerator to deal with the problem of foriegn objects discharged into the sewage system.