§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost was of providing healthcare in each(a) publicly and (b) privately administered prison in each of the last four ears; and what the per prison costs were in each prison. [102667]
§ Hilary BennInformation is not available in the form requested, as costs of health care have not been identified separately in the past. A report b the Joint Prison Service and National Health Service Executive Working Group "The Future Organisation of Prison Health Care" in 1999, estimated that that Prison Service establishments spent about £85 million on prisoners'710W health care in 1997–98. A questionnaire completed by establishments in 2002–03 estimated that the cost of healthcare in English prison establishments in 2002–03 was about £113 million, although these two figures are not directly comparable. The following is a breakdown of questionnaire returns by prison establishment. For private prisons, payments are made for the contracted service and the health care element is not separately identified.
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Prison health care costs for 2002–03 (six month actual and six months projected) Establishment £000 Acklington 461 Albany *0 Ashwell 258 Askham Grange 285 Alesbury 583 Bedford 764 Belmarsh 2,963 Birmingham 1,761 Blakenhurst 1,372 Blantyre House 75 Blundeston 326 Brinsford 525 Brinsford YJB 522 Bristol 1,949 Brixton 4,153 Brockhill 612 Brockhill YJB 108 Buckle Hall 858 Bullingdon 1,380 Bullwood Hall 522 Bulwood YJB 126 Camp Hill *0 Canterbury 573 Castington 207 Castington YJB 482 Channings Wood 434 Chelmsford 1,359 Coldingley 193 Cookham Wood 458 Dartmoor 859 Deerbolt 511 Dorchester 607 Dover 171 Downview 397 Drake Hall 334 Durham 1,972 East Sutton Park 99 Eastwood Park 1,260 Eastwood Park YJB 39 Elmle 1,249 Erlestoke 174 Everthorpe 284 Exeter 1,242 Featherstone 282 Feltham 1,928 Feltham YJB 1,779 Ford 308 Foston Hall 550 Frankland 1,339 Full Sutton 737 Garth 1,001 Gartree 649 Glen Parva 2,206 Gloucester 769 Grendon 519 Guys Marsh 432 Haslar 135 712W
Prison health care costs for 2002–03 (six month actual and six months projected) Establishment £000 Hatfield **0 Haverigg 437 Hewell Grange 65 Highdown 1,905 Highpoint 466 Highpoint—female estate 1,198 Hindley 682 Hindley YJB 358 Hollesle Bay Colony 184 Hollesle YJB 211 Holloway 4,931 Holme House 1,449 Hull 1,408 Huntercombe YJB 319 Kingston 157 Kirkham 276 Kirklevington Grange 100 Lancaster Castle 192 Lancaster Farms 487 Lanes Farm YJB 265 Latchmere House 103 Leeds 2,221 Leicester 726 Lewes 1,049 Leyhill 267 Lincoln 1,138 Lindholme 610 Littlehey 679 Liverpool 2,559 Long Lartin 1,069 Low Newton 637 Maidstone 480 Manchester 1,850 Moorland 1,029 Morton Hall 422 Mount, The 549 New Hall 1,076 New Hall YJB 201 North Sea Camp 131 Northallerton 427 .Norwich 1,631 Nottingham 824 Onley 372 Onley YJB 407 Parkhurst 1,888 Pentonville 3,577 Portland 442 Preston 1,133 Ranby 528 Reading 452 Risley 1,058 Rochester 593 Send 342 Shepton Mallet 246 Shrewsbury 533 Stafford 508 Standford Hill 226 Stocken 307 Stoke Heath 388 Stoke Heath YJB 248 Styal 1,425 Sudbury 224 Swaleside 924 Swinfen Hall 267 Thorn Cross 106 Thorn Cross YJB 83 Verne, The 430 Wakefield 1,202
Prison health care costs for 2002–03 (six month actual and six months projected) Establishment £000 Wandsworth 3,086 Waland 450 Wealstun 430 Weare, The 422 Wellingborough 319 Werrington YJB 362 Wetherby YJB 532 Whatton 153 Whitemoor 1,037 Winchester 1,280 Woodhill 2,895 Wormwood Scrubs 3,339 Wmott 590 Total establishments 112,715 * included with Parkhurst prison ** included with Moorland prison YJB=Youth Justice Board Totals exclude security and bed watch costs within prisons and external escort costs