HC Deb 26 February 1996 vol 272 cc404-11W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average cost of a place in each prison for the six months of the current financial year; and if he will make a statement. [16676]

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.

Annex C: Performance against key targets: April to September 1995 Dispersals
Establishment KPI8—net current expenditure (£1000) Average baseline CNA Cost per place Average in use CNA Cost per (in use CNA) place (£) Average population Cost per prisoner (£)
Frankland 7,300 447 163,331.1 447 16,331.1 399 18,295.7
Full Sutton 9,400 603 15,588.7 572 16,433.6 552 17,029.0
Long Lartin 6,900 457 15,098.5 365 18,904.1 356 19,382.0
Parkhurst 7,300 433 16,859.1 225 32,444.4 213 34,272.3
Wakefield 8,200 727 11,279.2 727 11,279.2 712 11,516.9
Whitemoor 8,900 534 16,666.7 531 16,760.8 519 17,148.4
Average 8,000 533.5 14,995.3 477.8 16,742.2 458.5 17,448.2

Male (Open)
Establishment KPI8—net current expenditure (£1000) Average baseline CNA Cost per place Average in use CNA Cost per (in use CNA) place (£) Average population Cost per prisoner (£)
Ford 2,600 547 4,753.2 517 5,029.0 417 6,235.0
Hewell Grange 1,200 174 6,896.6 174 6,896.6 153 7,843.1
Hollesley Bay1 4,700 452 10,398.2 366 12,841.5 327 14,373.1
Kirkham 3,300 644 5124.2 644 5,124.2 482 6,846.5
Leyhill 2,800 410 6,829.3 410 6,829.3 364 7,692.3
Morton Hall 1,100 168 6,547.6 168 6,547.6 169 6,508.9
North Sea Camp 1,400 202 6,930.7 202 6,930.7 181 7,734.8
Standford Hill 2,600 384 6,770.8 384 6,770.8 344 7,558.1
Sudsbury/Foston 3,000 519 4,859.8 432 6,944.4 395 7,594.9
Average 2,522.2 388.9 6,485.7 366.3 6,885.0 314.7 8,015.5
1 Hollesley Bay includes Warren Hill.

Category B
Establishment KPI8—net current expenditure (£1000) Average baseline CNA Cost per place Average in use CNA Cost per (in use CNA) place (£) Average population Cost per prisoner (£)
Albany 4,100 436 9,403.7 436 9,403.7 422 9,715.6
Blundeston 3,700 408 9,068.6 408 9,068.6 382 9,685.9
Dartmoor 5,500 708 7,768.4 569 9,666.1 563 9,769.1
Garth 4,700 513 9,161.8 513 9,161.8 505 9,306.9
Gartree 3,900 360 10,833.3 304 12,828.9 313 12,460.1
Grendon1 4,300 455 9,450.5 446 9,641.3 418 10,287.1
Kingston 1,700 155 10,967.7 114 14,912.3 103 16.504.9
Maidstone 4,800 552 8,695.7 489 9,816.0 482 9,958.5
Nottingham 2,700 220 12,272.7 220 12,272.7 208 12,980.8
Swaleside 4,500 512 8,789.1 512 8,789.1 497 9,054.3
Average 3,990 431.9 9,238.2 401.1 9,947.6 389.3 10,249.2
1 Grendon includes Spring Hill.

Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Alex Carlile, dated 26 February 1996: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the average cost of a place in each prison for the first six months of the current financial year. Cost per place figures are calculated on a quarterly basis. The most recent figures are those for the second quarter of 1995–96, which are given in the attached tables, copies of which will be placed in the Library of the House.

Remand Centres
Establishment KPI8—net current expenditure (£1000) Average baseline CNA Cost per place Average in use CNA Cost per (in use CNA) place (£) Average population Cost per prisoner (£)
Brinsford 4,400 476 9,243.7 476 9,243.7 456 9,649.1
Feltham 7,200 876 8,219.2 845 8,520.7 798 9,022.6
Hindley 3,600 334 10,778.4 276 13,043.5 250 14,400.0
Lancaster Farms 3.900 355 10,985.9 285 13,684.2 355 10,985.9
Low Newton 2,500 198 12,626.3 198 12,626.3 265 9,434.0
Moorland 5,300 620 8,548.4 620 8,548.4 608 8,717.1
Northallerton 2,300 151 15,231.8 151 15,231.8 189 12,169.3
Reading 2,400 182 13,186.8 182 13,186.8 170 14,117.6
Average 3,950 399.0 9,899.7 379 10,418.7 386.4 10,223.2

Young Offender Institutions
Establishment KPI8—Net current expenditure (£1000) Average baseline CNA Cost per place Average in use CNA Cost per (in use CNA) place (£) Average population Cost per prisoner (£)
Aylesbury 3,500 297 11,784.5 230 15,217.4 217 16,129.0
Castington 2,700 300 9,000.0 300 9,000.0 289 9,342.6
Deerbolt 3,700 450 8,222.2 419 8,830.5 399 9,273.2
Dover 2,700 316 8,544.3 316 8,544.3 288 9,375.0
Glen Parva 6,500 852 7,629.1 752 8,643.6 769 8,452.5
Guys Marsh 2,400 300 8,000.0 290 8,275.9 290 8,275.9
Huntercombe1 2,500 346 7,225.4 274 9,124.1 256 9,765.6
Onley 3,600 520 6,923.1 520 6,923.1 487 7,392.2
Portland 4,000 532 7,518.8 381 10,498.7 415 9,638.6
Stoke Heath 3,000 368 8,152.2 316 9,493.7 279 10,752.7
Swinfen Hall 2,100 183 11,475.4 183 11,475.4 183 11,475.4
Werrington 1,100 114 9,649.1 114 9,649.1 113 9,734.5
Wetherby 1,800 196 9,183.7 160 11,250.0 138 13,043.5
Average 3,046.2 367.2 7,917.9 327.3 8,883.7 317.2 9,168.1
1 Huntercombe includes Finnamore Wood.

YOI Open
Establishment KPI8—Net current expenditure (£1000) Average baseline CNA Cost per place Average in use CNA Cost per (in use CNA) place (£) Average population Cost per prisoner (£)
Hatfield 1,800.0 180 10,000.0 180 5,166.7 169 5,849.1
Thorn Cross 2,000.0 303 6,600.7 253 3,873.5 158 6,202.5
Average 1,900.0 483.0 3,954.5 433.0 4,411.1 317.0 6,025.2

Female establishments
Establishment KP1 8-net current expenditure (£1000) Average baseline CNA Cost per place Average in use CNA Cost per (in use CNA) place (£) Average Population Cost per prisoner (£)
Local—Female
Holloway 7,100 517 13,733.1 517 13,733.1 539 13.172.5
Pucklechurch 1,300 56 23,214.3 56 23,214.3 66 19,697.0
Average 4,200 286.5 14,659.7 286.5 14,659.7 303 13,884.3
Closed—Female
Bullwood Hall Cookham 1,700 126 13,492.1 125 13,600.0 119 14,285.7
Wood 1,300 120 10,833.3 120 10,833.3 129 10,077.5
New Hall 2,600 207 12,560.4 207 12,560.4 203 12,807.9
Styal 3,000 251 11,952.2 237 12.658.2 236 12,711.9
Average 2,150.0 176.0 12,215.9 172.3 12,481.9 171.8 12,518.2

Female establishments
Establishment KP18-net current expenditure (£1000) Average baseline CNA Cost per place Average in use CNA Cost per (in use CNA) place (£) Average Population Cost per prisoner (£)
Open—Female
Askham
Grange 1,100 136 8,088.2 136 8,088.2 99 11,111.1
Drake Hall 1,800 264 6,818.2 264 6,818.2 195 9,230.8
East Sutton Park 700 94 7,446.8 94 3,617.0 92 7.608.7
Average 1,200 165 7,287.4 164.7 7,287.4 128.7 9,326.4

Local/Adult Remands
Establishment KP1 8—net current expenditure (£1000) Average baseline CNA Cost per place Average in use CNA Cost per (in use CNA) place (£) Average population Cost per prisoner (£)
Bedford 3,600.0 306 11,764.7 306 11,764.7 300 12,000.0
Belmarsh 10,200.0 841 12,128.4 683 14,934.1 597 17,085.4
Birmingham 7,700.0 737 10,447.8 631 12,202.9 852 9,037.6
Blakenhurst1 4,188.0 649 6,453.0 649 6,453.0 638 6,564.3
Bristol 6,200.0 490 12,653.1 474 13,080.2 502 12,350.6
Brixton 8,700.0 660 13,181.8 496 17,540.3 603 14,427.9
Bullingdon2 7,000.0 750 9,333.3 750 9,333.3 738 9,485.1
Canterbury 3,000.0 184 16,304.3 184 16,304.3 259 11,583.0
Cardiff 4,600.0 324 14,197.5 324 14,197.5 440 10,454.5
Chelmsford 3,900.0 250 15,600.0 250 15,600.0 369 10,569.1
Doncaster1 5,407.0 771 7,013.0 741 7,296.9 754 7,171.1
Dorchester 2,000.0 147 13,605.4 147 13,605.4 204 9,803.9
Durham 7,200.0 653 11,026.0 444 16,216.2 651 11,059.9
Elmley 5,300.0 637 8,320.3 637 8,320.3 604 8,774.8
Exeter 4,400.0 318 13,836.5 253 17,391.3 373 11,796.2
Gloucester 3,000.0 211 14,218.0 207 14,492.8 237 12,658.2
Haslar 1,200.0 164 7,317.1 164 7,317.1 144 8,333.3
Highdown 6,100.0 649 9,399.1 639 9,546.2 614 9,934.9
Holme House 5,700.0 649 8,782.7 649 8,782.7 610 9,344.3
Hull 5,600.0 328 17,073.2 322 17,391.3 355 15,774.6
Leeds 9,300.0 997 9,328.0 826 11,259.1 1,061.0 8,765.3
Leicester 4,000.0 202 19,802.0 202 19,802.0 330 12,121.2
Lewes 4,200.0 443 9,480.8 312 13,461.5 303 13,861.4
Lincoln 5,200.0 448 11,607.1 441 11,791.4 592 8,783.8
Liverpool 10,200.0 1,184.0 8,614.9 1,099.0 9,281.2 1,272.0 8,018.9
Manchester 10,400.0 971 10,710.6 899 11,568.4 985 10,558.4
Norwich 5,000.0 333 15,015.0 333 15,015.0 345 14,492.8
Pentonville 6,700.0 883 7,587.8 670 10,000.0 827 8,101.6
Preston 5,500.0 406 13,546.8 327 16,819.6 446 12,331.8
Rochester 3,700.0 424 8,726.4 410 9,024.4 318 11,635.2
Shrewsbury 3,000.0 176 17,045.5 176 17,045.5 281 10,676.2
Swansea 2,900.0 208 13,942.3 151 19,205.3 223 13,004.5
Wandsworth 10,300.0 1,216.0 8,470.4 1,038.0 9,922.9 1,084.0 9,501.8
Winchester 5,600.0 462 12,121.2 425 13,176.5 512 10,937.5
Wolds1 3,366.0 330 10,200.0 320 10,518.8 320 10,518.8
Woodhill 6,300.0 566 11,130.7 566 11,130.7 504 12,500.0
Wormwood Scrubs 9,500.0 932 10,193.1 713 13,324.0 797 11,919.7
Average 5,680.0 537.8 10,561.4 482.6 11,768.5 541.7 10,485.0
1 For contracted establishments costs include those which are charged to the Prison Service only.
2 Bullingdon costs include Oxford.

Category C
Establishment KPI8—net current expenditure (£1000) Average baseline CNA Costt per place Average in use CNA Cost per (in use CNA) place (£) Average population Cost per prisoner (£)
Acklington 4,600 670 6,865.7 667 6,896.6 633 7,267.0
Aldington 1,000 133 7,518.8 132 7,575.8 121 8,264.5
Ashwell 2,700 404 6,683.2 404 6,683.2 385 7,013.0

Category C
Establishment KPI8—net current expenditure (£1000) Average baseline CNA Costt per place Average in use CNA Cost per (in use CNA) place (£) Average population Cost per prisoner (£)
Blantyre House 900 105 5,571.4 108 8,333.30 96 9,375.0
Brockhill 1,500 165 9,090.9 141 10,638.3 116 12,931.0
Buckley Hall1 4,730 307 15,407.2 307 15,407.2 243 19,465.0
Camp Hill 3,800 469 8,102.3 388 9,793.8 395 9,620.3
Channings Wood 3,900 594 6,565.7 557 7,001.8 551 7,078.0
Coldingley 3,000 296 10,135.1 296 10,135.1 284 10,563.4
Downview 2,400 287 8,362.4 287 8,362.4 277 8,664.3
Erlestoke 2,500 270 9,259.3 270 9,259.3 262 9,542.0
Everthorpe 3,000 318 9,434.0 318 9,434.0 274 10,948.9
Featherstone 4,300 599 7,178.6 593 7,251.3 565 7,610.6
Haverigg 3,500 424 8,254.7 406 8,620.7 380 9,210.5
Highpoint 4,800 679 7,069.2 679 7,069.2 643 7,465.0
Kirklevington 900 100 9,000.0 100 9,000.0 89 10,112.4
Lancaster 2,000 261 7,662.8 324 6,172.8 233 8,583.7
Latchmere House 1,100 151 7,284.8 151 7,284.8 130 8,461.5
Lindholme 5,100 688 7,412.8 599 8,514.2 585 8,717.9
Littlehey 4,000 589 6,791.2 589 6,791.2 556 7,194,2
The Mount 3,500 501 6,986.0 461 7,592.2 472 7,415.3
Ranby 3,100 346 8,959.5 346 8,959.5 325 9,538.5
Risley2 7,600 826 9,201.0 788 9,644.7 744 10,215.1
Send 1,200 140 8,571.4 133 9,022.6 134 8,955.2
Shepton Mallet 1,900 158 12,025.3 158 12,025.3 201 9,452.7
Stafford 4,900 457 10,722.1 409 11,980.4 538 9,107.8
Stocken 3,100 396 7,828.3 396 7,828.3 396 7,828.3
Usk3 2,500 246 10,162.6 244 10,245.9 237 10,548.5
The Verne 3,900 541 7,208.9 541 7,208.9 539 7,235.6
Wayland 3,800 580 6,551.7 580 6,551.7 531 7,156.3
Wealston4 3,700 453 8,167.8 453 8,167.8 433 8,545.0
Wellingborough 2,800 344 8,139.5 329 8,510.6 298 9,396.0
Whatton 1,900 217 8,755.8 217 8,755.8 212 8,962.3
Wymott 4,300 816 5,269.6 432 9,953.7 421 10,213.8
Average 3,270.6 397.9 8,278.5 376.6 8,748.6 361.7 9,107.1
1 For contracted establishments costs include those which are charged to the Prison Service only.
2 CNA includes Female Remand (154) and Category B Adult Male (185).
3 Usk includes PRESCOED.
4 Wealston represents Rudgate and Thorp Arch.