HC Deb 07 November 1995 vol 265 cc815-7W
Mr. Heppell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total cost per prisoner in each prison within the United Kingdom. [41971]

Miss Widdecombe

Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. John Heppell, dated 7 November 1995: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the cost per prisoner in each prison within the United Kingdom. The attached table shows the net average operating cost per prisoner per year for each of the prisons in England and Wales for the year 1993–94, the latest year for which information has been published. Information on prisons in Scotland is a matter for the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Scottish Prison Service and on prisons in Northern Ireland for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Prison Service.

Net operating cost for prisoner per year
Establishment Net operating cost per prisoner per year £
Local prisons and remand centres
Bedford1 27,419
Belmarsh 29,310
Birmingham 20,077
Brinsford 20,273
Bristol 24,824
Brixton1 33,764
Bullingdon/Oxford 19,896
Canterbury 29,500
Cardiff 20,925
Chelmsford 23,692
Dorchester 21,390
Durham 27,006
Elmley 17,110
Exeter 22,572
Gloucester 25,893
Haslar 15,603
Highdown 23,732
Holme House 19,292
Net operating cost for prisoner per year
Establishment Net operating costper prisoner peryear£
Hull 25,065
Lancaster Farms1 24,000
Leeds 16,864
Leicester1 23,780
Lewes 24,024
Lincoln 16,890
Liverpool 16,331
Manchester1 43,087
Moorland1 17,298
Norwich 26,969
Pentonville 23,124
Preston 20,583
Rochester 35,000
Shrewsbury 20,000
Swansea 21,790
Wandsworth 25,461
Winchester 28,177
Woodhill1 26,514
Wormwood Scrubs 25,560
Contracted out prisons
Blakenhurst 21,727
Wolds 18,069
Dispersal prisons
Frankland 38,905
Full Sutton 34,122
Long Lartin 36,982
Parkhurst1 55,066
Wakefield 25,270
Whitemoor1 32,099
Category B training prisons
Albany 25,574
Blundeston 20,000
Dartmoor 21,002
Garth 17,717
Gartree 29,249
Grendon/Springhill 21,237
Kingston-Portsmouth 30,189
Maidstone 19,415
Nottingham 25,121
Swaleside 16,298
Category C Training Prisons
Acklington 14,050
Aldington 21,429
Ashwell 13,695
Blantyre House 20,213
Brockhill 22,388
Camp Hill 21,127
Channings Wood 14,071
Coldingley 25,455
Downview 20,357
Erlestoke 23,500
Everthorpe 22,273
Featherstone 14,638
Haverigg 18,563
Highpoint 16,410
Kirklevington Grange 29,508
Lancaster 14,800
Latchmere House 16,279
Lindholme1 18,851
Littlehey1 14,857
The Mount 13,816
Ranby 18,269
Risley1 19,850
Send 20,370
Shepton Mallet 20,000
Stafford1 17,631
Net operating cost for prisoner per year
Establishment Net operating costper prisoner per year£
Stocken 15,385
Thorpe Arch 20,245
Usk/Prescoed 22,330
The Verne 14,695
Wayland 14,201
Wellingborough1 18,557
Whatton 16,588
Wymott 24,051
Adult Male Open Prisons
Ford 13,064
Hewell Grange 16,250
Kirkham 11,504
Leyhill1 14,925
Morton Hall 12,651
North Sea Camp 15,385
Rudgate 14,015
Standford Hill1 17,532
Sudbury/Foston 13,948
Young Offender Closed Establishments
Aylesbury 28,070
Castington 19,291
Deerbolt 19,242
Dover 27,320
Glen Parva 16,780
Hollesley Bay1 31,186
Huntercombe/Finnamore Wood 23,176
Northallerton 25,490
Onley 15,914
Portland 21,557
Stoke Heath 21,377
Swinfen Hall 24,260
Werrington House 21,154
Wetherby 27,132
Young Offender Open Establishments
Guys Marsh 28,750
Hatfield and Gringley 23,377
Thorn Cross 21,965
Young Offender Remand Estabishments
Feltham 20,267
Hindley 23,051
Low Newton 19,433
Reading 31,788
Female Establishments
Askham Grange 20,588
Bullwood Hall 32,407
Cookham Wood 22,727
Drake Hall 18,717
East Sutton Park 21,333
Holloway 31,435
New Hall 32,667
Pucklechurch 39,344
Styal 29,534

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