§ Miss Geraldine SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated cost of conversion of the former holiday camp at Middleton Sands, Morecambe, to a temporary prison, separately identifying costs of improvements to the access road and environmental improvements to the site. [43658]
§ Ms QuinAs at December 1997, the estimated costs for converting the camp to a prison for a three-year period varied between £18.7 million to £25.7 million, the variation depending on the number of prisoners to be held and the level of facilities to be provided.
The estimated costs for works to the access road, £150,000, and for permanent environmental improvements, £815,000, are included in the overall costs.
Figures are subject to inflation and additional costs due to deterioration of the existing buildings since the Prison Service's feasibility study was carried out in December 1997.