§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisons are currently being (a) built, or (b) renovated.
§ Mr. MellorFive new establishments are being built. Ten more are at various stages of planning and design. Renovation continues all the time in every prison department establishment. About 100 existing establishments have major capital work either in hand or planned.
§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many additional places will be created in those prisons currently being (a) built, or (b) renovated.
§ Mr. MellorAbout 2,900 additional places will be created in those prisons under construction. The 10 further projects in planning or design will when completed provide about 5,300 places.
About 4,000 places will ultimately be created in existing establishments as part of the ongoing renovation-modernisation programme although work on the particular place producing elements within that programme may not yet in every case have started.
§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money will have been spent on those prisons currently being (a) built, or (b) renovated by the time they are completed.
§ Mr. MellorThe estimated cost of the five new prisons under construction is £118.5 million. The estimated cost of the 10 further projects now at various stages of planning and design is £329.2 million. The estimated cost of renovation, modernisation and redevelopment schemes in the major capital programme (ie schemes costing £30,000 or more) in progress is £450.8 million. Major capital schemes in the forward prison building programme that have not yet started are estimated to cost a further £601.4 million. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of costs in this way for minor capital and building maintenance 489W and repair work, but during this financial year the estimated cost of the former is £2.2 million and of the latter £26.8 million.
§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what number of prisons have been (a) built, or (b) renovated since 1979.
§ Mr. MellorSince 1979 five new prisons have been built by the Property Services Agency. Renovation in the form of maintenance and repair, and or refurbishment, modernisation or redevelopment work has taken place at every prison department establishment.
§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what number of additional places have been created through (a) the building and (b) the renovation of prisons since 1979.
§ Mr. MellorSince 1979 2,347 additional places have been created in new prisons built by the Property Services Agency and 769 net additional places have been created at existing prison establishments.
§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money has been spent on (a) the building and (b) the renovation of prisons since 1979.
§ Mr. MellorIn the financial years 1979–80 to 1985–86 £114.2 million at current prices was spent on new prison building projects undertaken by the Property Services Agency and £399.5 million on renovation-modernisation schemes undertaken by the Home Office Directorate of Works.