§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the building projects and their cost now being undertaken at Wandsworth prison as of 16 July.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the prison service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Mr. D. Lewis to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 26 July 1993:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the building projects, and their cost, now being undertaken at Wandsworth prison.After completion of the modernisation of D Wing in March 1993, at a cost of £5.5 million, enabling works are under way to allow the modernisation of C Wing. The enabling works (including the removal of asbestos and electrical wiring) will be completed in September 1993, at an estimated cost of £175,000. Work on the 15 month refurbishment of C Wing will then commence in September 1993, at an estimated cost of £7.15 million.