HC Deb 27 January 2000 vol 343 cc233-4W
Jackie Ballard

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many new prisons are planned to open in the next five years; what each will cost; how many places will be provided; and who will manage them; [106117]

(2) how many new prisons have been (a) constructed and (b) commissioned since 1990; at what cost; and who manages each prison. [106118]

Mr. Boateng

The information requested is set out in the tables.

New prisons constructed and commissioned since 1990

A: Construction managed by the public sector
£ million
Prison Opening date Cost of construction 1 Operator
Belmarsh 1991 159 Prison Service
Moorland 1991 54 Prison Service
Whitemoor 1991 57 Prison Service
Brinsford 1991 45 Prison Service
Elmley 1992 83 Prison Service
Bullingdon 1992 64 Prison Service
Wolds 1992 37 Group 4
Holme House 1992 66 Prison Service
Woodhill 1992 118 Prison Service
Highdown 1992 91 Prison Service
Lancaster Farms 1993 73 Prison Service
Blakenhurst 1993 91 2U.K.D.S.
Doncaster 1994 92 3P.P.S.
Buckley Hall 1994 20 Group 4
The Weare 1997 13 Prison Service

B: Constructed and managed by the private sector under PFI
£ million
Prison Opening date NPV cost of contract4 Operator
Parc November 1997 266 Securicor
Altcourse December 1997 247 Group 4
Lowdham Grange February 1998 137 3P.P.S.

B: Constructed and managed by the private sector under PFI
£ million
Prison Opening date NPV cost of contract 4 Operator
Ashfield November 1999 121 3P.P.S.
Forest Bank January 2000 197 2U.K.D.S.
1 The Construction Costs are actual costs at the time of construction, ie they have not been adjusted to present day values
2 United Kingdom Detention Services
3 Premier Prison Services
4 The "Cost at NPV" is the total cost of designing, constructing, financing and managing the prison over the 25 year life of the contract, expressed in Net Present Value (NPV) terms