HC Deb 08 May 2000 vol 349 cc300-4W
Miss Widdecombe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list(a) the annual expenditure and (b) the annual income of prison industries in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years. [120686]

Mr. Boateng

The information requested is given in the table.

Expenditure and income of prison industries 1990–91 to 1999–2000
£ million
Income
Expenditure Own consumption Commercial
1999–2000 26.685 42.495 10.456
1998–99 28.889 39.200 8.172
1997–98 28.442 36.358 7.732
1996–97 27.080 44.736 6.718
1995–96 24.680 45.103 5.642
1994–95 25.609 42.926 4.587
1993–94 27.287 39.350 4.685
Number of prisoners in work—inside and outside workshops
Category Agricultural Business Gardens amenity Kitchen Non PES workshops Other occupations Other prison cleaning and orderly work PES workshops Prison maintenance work Wing cleaning work
Albany B 4 36 18 16 21 112 4 60
Blundeston B 10 12 9 14 70 6 51
Dartmoor B 4 9 25 6 5 165 6 85
Forest Bank B 4 28 26 2 107 0 0 24
Garth B 8 7 37 24 167 7 40
Gartree B 13 10 56 10 59 8 41
Grendon B 17 18 34 14 54 7 64
Kingston B 10 11 6 9 34 3 20
Lowdham Grange B 8 14 178 7 14 85
Maidstone B 4 13 4 9 181 10 94
Parkhurst B 12 6 12 4 18 109 5 53
Swaleside B 3 13 133 20 35 8 146
Acklington C 15 13 26 13 7 29 195 7 92
Ashwell C 19 18 21 175 17 67
Blantyre House C 2 12 9 5 1 8
Buckley Hall C 16 28 5 14 110 7 53
Camp Hill C 4 0 11 29 65 19 37
Channings Wood C 16 14 17 9 9 25 138 12 68
Coldingley C 162 215
Downview C 26 11 11 12 26 16 13 29
Erlestoke C 14 12 15 21 20 13 8 57
Everthorpe C 25 7 20 6 8 131 9 31
Featherstone C 7 8 9 31 250 6 44
Haverigg C 24 17 10 20 12 203 25
Highpoint C 37 31 33 15 27 78 9 117
Kirklevington C 5 9 10 2 1 10
Lancaster C 0 12 12 20 0 15
Lindholme C 50 29 16 38 35 24 11 60
Littlehey C 14 20 46 14 156 7 45
Moorland C 15 25 24 90 6 63
Mount C 19 43 89 7 14 7 83
Ran by C 18 25 196 224 5 92
Risley C 18 20 9 18 16 110 19 129
Shepton Mallet C 8 8 5 4 18 8 17
Stafford C 4 12 26 210 10 56
Stocken C 5 1 23 5 22 106 0 52

Expenditure and income of prison industries 1990–91 to 1999–2000
£ million
Expenditure Own consumption Income Commercial
1992–93 23.170 37.246 4.982
1991–92 20.205 34.465 5.289
1990–91 18.668 34.032 5.499

Notes:

  1. 1. All data cover both industries and farms.
  2. 2. Expenditure data include variable costs and exclude fixed costs.

Miss Widdecombe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list(a) the number of prisoners employed in workshops, (b) the number of prisoners employed outside workshops and (c) the number of prisoners without work, in each adult male training prison in England and Wales, on the most recent date for which figures are available. [120692]

Mr. Boateng

Numbers of prisoners employed in workshops and outside workshops are given in the table. Records are not kept centrally of the number of prisoners without work.

Number of prisoners in work—inside and outside workshops
Category Agricultural Business Gardens amenity Kitchen Non PES workshops Other occupations Other prison cleaning and orderly work PES workshops Prison maintenance work Wing cleaning work
Usk C 17 8 20 36 16 16 22 223
Verne C 24 47 8 119 37 62
Wayland C 20 12 26 14 21 53 2 90
Weal stun C 28 57 45 19 17 169 13 32
Weare C 0 19 7 31 20 62
Wellingborough C 2 5 20 11 27 44 0 45
Whatton C 12 12 18 24 4 14 19 10 17
Wymott C 16 26 3 21 21 305 8 121
Ford D 57 8 21 33 31 55 13 14
Hewell Grange D 31 11 15 39 74 9 11
Hollesley Bay D 40 2 9 41 11 13 26
Kirkham D 26 131 31 9 43 180 17 19
Latchmere House D 3 6 9 17 16 3
Leyhill D 84 10 11 15 35 83 11 15
Morton Hall D 18 9 18 19 4 14 7 14
North Sea Camp D 51 14 13 22 19 18
Standford Hill D 65 16 9 6 46 23 13 29
Sudbury D 36 23 26 87 14 86 30 17

Miss Widdecombe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total value of contracts between Prison Service industries and external customers in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [120691]

Mr. Boateng

The majority of Prison Service sales contracts are with the Ministry of Defence and other Government Departments and are formulated on a framework basis. As such, the value of the contract may not have a direct relationship to actual sales. The figures given in the table are for actual sales and, therefore, provide a more accurate representation of commercial work undertaken. The figures include sales from agribusiness as well as industries.

Volume of sales by Prison Service industries and agribusiness to external customers
£ million
1999–2000 10.456
1998–99 8.172
1997–98 7.732
1996–97 6.718
1995–96 5.642
1994–95 4.587
1993–94 4.685
1992–93 4.982
1991–92 5.289
1990–91 5.499

Miss Widdecombe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the annual turnover of prison industries and farms in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [120687]

Mr. Boateng

The information requested is given in the table. For the years 1990–91 to 1995–96, the value of amenity costings have been excluded to bring the data in line with successive years, when these costings were discontinued following the agribusiness review undertaken by the Prison Service in January 1997.

Annual turnover of prison industries and farms 1990–91 to 1999–2000
£ million
Turnover
1999–2000 52.951
1998–99 47.372
1997–98 44.090
1996–97 51.454
1995–96 50.745
1994–95 47.513
1993–94 44.035
1992–93 42.228
1991–92 39.754
1990–91 39.531