§ Mr. CallaghanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the annual cost per prisoner in each prison in the Greater Manchester area. [18256]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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 A. J. Pearson to Mr. Jim Callaghan, dated 8 March 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the annual cost per prisoner in each prison in the Greater Manchester area.
In 1994–95 the annual net operating cost per prisoner for each of the prisons in Greater Manchester was:
- Buckley Hall: £108,333
- Hindley: £27,985
- Manchester: £22,894.
Buckley Hall did not start to take prisoners until 14 December 1994. The figure above is not a true annual cost but reflects the start-up costs and low initial prisoner population figures.
§ Mr. CallaghanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the number of prison inmates in each of the prisons in the Greater Manchester area who have been put on report for being in possession of illegal drugs, in each of the last 12 months. [18258]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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. Jim Callaghan, dated 8 March 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question concerning the number of prison inmates in each of the prisons in the Greater Manchester area who have been put on report for being in possession of illegal drugs.
Provisional figures for the period February 1995 to January 1996 for proved a djudications for possession of controlled drugs are given in the attached table.
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Offences1 for possession of a controlled drug in Prison Service establishments in the Greater Manchester area, February 1995-January 1996 Establishments2 Manchester Hindley 1995 February 13 3 March 15 9 April 12 6 May 13 2
Offences1 for possession of a controlled drug in Prison Service establishments in the Greater Manchester area, February 1995–January 1996 Establishments2 Manchester Hindley June 11 3 July 28 2 August 18 10 September 10 12 October 18 8 November 15 15 December 13 13 1996 January 15 10 1 Including incite or assist the possession of controlled drugs. 2 Provisional information.