§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the budget for Winchester Prison in the next financial year; and what estimate he has made of the maximum number of prisoners who will be held in the prison over that period. [26249]
§ Ms Quin[holding answer 30 January 1998]: The budget for Winchester prison has not been finalised but the governor was informed this week that the indicative baseline budget for the financial year 1998/99 is £10,323,610. This figure includes an additional £381,840 allocated to the prison to maintain staff safety, control and regime protection.
The current operational capacity of Winchester prison is 612 prisoners and, while there are no immediate plans to change this number, it will be reviewed as and when the prison population changes.