HC Deb 12 March 2001 vol 364 c493W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the privately run prisons in England and Wales. [152816]

Mr. Boateng

There are currently nine privately managed prisons in England and Wales: Altcourse, Ashfield, Blakenhurst, Doncaster, Forest Bank, Lowdham Grange, Parc, Rye Hill and Wolds. A further privately run prison, Dovegate, is due to open on 9 July 2001. Blakenhurst will transfer to Prison Service management on 19 August 2001.