HC Deb 18 March 2003 vol 401 cc709-12W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To 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 Benn

Information 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' 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.

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

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