§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason and by what amount Wandsworth prison's budget was cut last year; what other prisons received notification of budget cuts and what the amounts were in each case; and if he will make a statement on the budgetary control system for prisons. [152325]
§ Mr. BoatengUnder the 1998 comprehensive settlement review (CSR) settlement, the Prison Service was required to make cash-releasing efficiency savings of £18 million, equivalent to one per cent., in 2000–01. Prison establishments were required to contribute efficiency savings towards this target, and their budget baselines adjusted accordingly. The table shows the amounts by which individual establishments' baselines were reduced.
The 1998 CSR also provided an additional £226 million over three years for the Prison Service to manage population increases and provide purposeful regimes for prisoners designed to prevent their reoffending. This money was allocated to individual establishments for specific purposes related to this aim.
It follows, therefore, that in some cases establishments will have experienced reductions in their baseline at the same time as they received additional CSR funding. The reductions in the baseline reflected required efficiency savings in performing existing functions, while the CSR allocations were to facilitate specific new work.
The allocation of budgets and the efficiency savings required of individual establishments are designed to achieve the most equitable allocation of resources across the service in the context of tight financial constraints and the requirement to make efficiency savings. 217W
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Establishment Efficiency savings 2000–01 Acklington 60,000 Albany 80,320 Ashwell 50,000 Askham Grange 50,000 Aylesbury 91,300 Bedford 69,890 Belmarsh 288,000 Birmingham 160,000 Blantyre House 20,570 Blundeston 82,010 Brinsford 70,000 Bristol 153,950 Brixton 163,430 Brockhill 25,000 Bullingdon 126,370 Bullwood Hall 37,320 Camp Hill 79,620 Canterbury 63,230 Cardiff 110,540 Castington 45,000 Channings Wood 90,810 Chelmsford 86,730 Coldingley 54,660 Cookham Wood 30,160 Dartmoor 124,970 Deerbolt 50,000 Dorchester 42,080 Dover 56,750 Downview 61,860 Drake Hall 60,000 Durham 95,000 East Sutton Park 16,480 Eastwood Park 61,550 Elmley 137,910 Erlestoke 53,520 Everthorpe 60,000 Exeter 87,560 Featherstone 60,000 Feltham 162,800 Ford 53,120 Foston Hall 25,000 Frankland 227,000 Full Sutton 231,000 Garth 230,000 Gartree 77,510 Glen Parva 85,000 Gloucester 59,250 Grendon 93,690 Guys Marsh 71,010 Haslar 24,790 Hatfield 50,000 Haverigg 60,000 Hewell Grange 25,000 High Down 162,070 Highpoint 123,190 Hindley 70,000 Hollesley Bay 84,480 Holloway 177,700 Holme House 170,000 Hull 150,000 Huntercombe 68,980 Kingston 39,170 Kirkham 200,000 Kirklevington Grange 35,000 Lancaster Castle 60,000 Lancaster Farms 85,000 Latchmere House 22,680 Leeds 245,000 Leicester 310,000
Establishment Efficiency savings 2000–01 Lewes 91,030 Leyhill 58,070 Lincoln 105,000 Lindholme 200,000 Littlehey 86,880 Liverpool 860,000 Long Lartin 203,000 Low Newton 35,000 Maidstone 97,010 Manchester 600,000 Moorland 210,000 Morton Hall 25,000 New Hall 95,000 North Sea Camp 35,000 Northallerton 60,000 Norwich 118,420 Nottingham 95,000 Onley 99,760 Parkhurst 103,810 Pentonville 185,780 Portland 88,240 Preston 180,000 Ranby 110,000 Reading 53,630 Risley 160,000 Rochester 77,060 Send 37,510 Shepton Mallet 39,720 Shrewsbury 50,000 Stafford 220,000 Standford Hill 50,280 Stocken 80,000 Stoke Heath 50,000 Styal 60,000 Sudbury 50,000 Swaleside 118,620 Swansea 64,740 Swinfen Hall 40,000 The Mount 95,580 Thorn Cross 95,000 Usk/Prescoed 50,100 Verne 79,750 Wakefield 197,000 Wandsworth 203,160 Wayland 87,370 Wealstun 95,000 Weare — Wellingborough 79,610 Werrington 25,000 Wetherby 110,000 Whatton 25,000 Whitemoor 222,000 Winchester 104,480 Woodhill 108,000 Wormwood Scrubs 188,580 Wymott 190,000 Total 13,384,220