§ Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were in(a) PFI and (b) non-PFI funded prisons at the latest date for which information is available.[101761]
§ Hilary BennOn 5 March 2003, 6,683 prisoners were held in prisons managed by the private sector. This figure includes Doncaster and Wolds prisons, which are managed by the private sector but which were built under traditional procurement methods. On the same date, 65,732 prisoners were held in prisons managed by the public sector, making a total prison population of 72,415.