HC Deb 12 January 1998 vol 304 cc54-6W
Ms Roseanna Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the per capita cost of holding a(a) male and (b) female prisoner for each prison in England and Wales in the most recent year for which figures are available. [22116]

Ms Quin

[holding answer 22 December 1997]: In 1996–97, the most recent financial year for which information is available, the cost per prisoner was as follows:

Prison name Cost per prisoner
Male prisons
Acklington 13,968
Albany 20,048
Aldington 16,191
Ashwell 15,025
Aylesbury 28,671
Bedford 19,674
Belmarsh 30,073
Birmingham 16,058
Blakenhurst 15,831
Blantyre House 18,338
Blundeston 20,945
Brinsford 18,227
Bristol 23,541
Brixton 29,320
Buckley Hall 16,352
Bullington 18,352
Camp Hill 19,706
Prison name Cost per prisoner
Canterbury 21,935
Cardiff 17,052
Castington 20,019
Channings Wood 15,163
Chelmsford 20,340
Coldingley 23,954
Dartmoor 20,324
Deerbolt 18,244
Doncaster 14,020
Dorchester 19,576
Dover 18,295
Downview 19,462
Durham1 20,051
Elmley 17,524
Erlestoke 19,614
Everthorpe 16,953
Exeter 19,587
Featherstone 18,743
Feltham 18,036
Ford 13,430
Frankland 39,753
Full Sutton 40,148
Garth 19,231
Gartree 23,393
Glen Parva 15,362
Gloucester 23,995
Grendon 20,795
Guys Marsh 17,701
Haslar 16,727
Hatfield 23,994
Haverigg 17,295
Hewell Grange 13,547
Highdown 19,016
Highpoint1 16,545
Hindley 18,765
Hollesley Bay 27,246
Holme House 18,377
Hull 27,540
Huntercombe 20,633
Kingston 35,407
Kirkham 15,046
Kirklevington 18,916
Lancaster 20,604
Lancaster Farms 20,216
Latchmere House 14,446
Leeds 19,824
Leicester 24,618
Lewes 28,004
Leyhill 18,299
Lincoln 16,468
Lindholme 18,354
Littlehey 14,958
Liverpool 17,658
Long Lartin 42,222
Low Newton1 19,073
Maidstone 18,283
Manchester 19,090
Moorland 17,074
Morton Hall 13,250
Mount 12,881
North Sea Camp 17,153
Northallerton 18,712
Norwich 20,737
Nottingham 28,640
Onley 15,327
Parkhurst 43,364
Pentonville 18,197
Portland 16,727
Preston 25,365
Ranby 17,252
Reading 22,535
Risley1 19,785
Rochester 21,371
Send 17,413
Prison name Cost per prisoner
Shepton Mallet 18,893
Shrewsbury 18,269
Stafford 15,989
Stanford Hill 16,747
Stocken 15,739
Stoke Heath 20,951
Sudbury 15,969
Swaleside 18,363
Swansea 22,442
Swinfen Hall 22,834
Thorn Cross 24,187
Usk 19,640
Verne 15,094
Wakefield 28,219
Wandsworth 23,523
Wayland 14,410
Wealstun Closed 16,286
Wellingborough 18,417
Werrington 22,066
Wetherby 29,685
Whatton 18,079
Whitemoor 36,622
Winchester1 20,955
Wolds 20,458
Woodhill 21,910
Wormwood Scrubs 18,241
Wymott 16,953
Female prisons
Askham Grange 18,556
Bullwood Hall 29,854
Brockhill 30,246
Cookham Wood 21,296
Drake Hall 15,236
East Sutton Park 18,057
Eastwood Park 29,428
Holloway 28,599
New Hall 26,345
Styal 23,984
1 Certain male prisons may hold female prisoners (*Durham, Highpoint, Low Newton, Risley and Winchester), but no separate male and female costs are provided in these circumstances.