Prisons (Hansard, 26 January 2004)

§ Mrs. Gillan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when Bromsfield prison will be ready to receive prisoners. [147371]

§ Paul Goggins
Construction of Her Majesty's Prison Bromsfield is progressing to schedule and the prison will be ready to open on 17 June 2004, the date specified in the contract.

§ Mrs. Gillan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the(a) annual cost and (b) original budget figure for running each prison was in each year since 1997. [147418]

§ Paul Goggins
The table sets out the expenditure, net of any receipts from other Government Departments (Department for Education and Skills, Department of Health and Youth Justice Board), for the public sector prisons for the financial years 199–8 to 200–3.
It would incur disproportionate cost to provide details of the original budget allocations to establishments.
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Establishment 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03

Full Sutton 20,454,411 11,862,882 12,200,677 12,876,755 23,541,026 24,773,246

Garth 11,464,277 8,522,977 8,918,173 9,217,605 12,879,054 13.576,683

Gartree 8,352,713 14,266,498 15,462,663 15,968,177 8,886,522 8,907,622

Glen Parva 13,386,394 6,271,350 6,563,470 6,922,287 16,615,880 17,838,628

Gloucester 6,209,360 9,658,212 10,507,804 11,295,755 7,417,888 7,925,897

Grendon 9,211,347 7,295,626 8,132,646 8,358,283 11,293,398 11,834,438

Guys Marsh 6,230,232 2,700,663 2,875,447 2,948,844 8,103,303 8,984,586

Haslar 2,390,006 3,153,390 3,107,653 4,400,554 2,847.598 3,430,226

Hatfield 4,008,611 9,223,118 9,012,125 9,291,388 4,116,132 merge with moorland

Haverigg 9,551,875 2,560,980 2,650,196 2,777,519 9,638,719 9,846,313

Hewell Grange 2,641,559 16,295,901 16,499,110 17,423,192 3,018,642 3,073,260

High Down 14,750,866 13,250,074 14,677,886 15,485,655 17,266,744 18,620,299

Highpoint 11,694,637 10,801,497 11,287,011 11,883,438 16,860,131 18,628,779

Hindley 10,569,836 9,512,609 10,632,555 11,699,929 13,429,476 17,104,335

Hollesley Bay Colony 10,762,342 18,388,002 19,004,311 19,759,757 12,710.164 14,900,729

Holloway 17,843,585 14,779,354 15,400,969 16,697,115 20,210,798 24,950,875

HolmeHouse 14,409,492 12,209,399 12,872,717 13,376,716 16,789,328 18,220,248

Hull 11,720,848 7,268,697 8,249,263 8,905,472 13,824,391 17,551,047

Huntercombe 5,253,859 4,238,987 4,518,246 4,945,046 10,066,596 12,126,323

Kingston 3,951,883 9,877,289 9,927,441 9,671,523 4,748,471 5,133,177

Kirkharn 9,759,154 2,355,686 2,665,271 2,745,209 10.642.725 11,292,357

Kirklevington range 2,439,348 4,797,324 5,062,966 5,293,531 2,806,220 3,088,564

Lancaster Castle 4,638,957 9,833,263 10,461,778 11,808,158 5,718,902 6,137,630

Lancaster Farms 9,661,162 2,451,116 2,786,779 2,838,862 11,726,248 13,087,839

Latchmere House 2,496,035 20,059,553 21,338,015 23,720,772 3,052,466 3,419,175

Leeds 18,394,596 7,864,959 7,886,714 8,294,295 23,291,510 24,161,348

Leicester 7,927,419 9,304,629 9,951,118 9,929,541 8,204,348 81462,450

Lewes 9,234,680 7,708,880 8,008,974 8,298,615 9,985,425 10,262,873

Leyhill 7,173,428 10,775,537 11,163,759 11,436,103 8,585,073 9,761,621

Lincoln 10,822,223 13,758,543 14,237,522 15,677,113 11,655,841 13,468,973

Lindholme 12,241,535 9,087,894 9,454,701 10,094,258 15,386,512 16,782,005

Littlehey 8,960,232 23,977,904 25,072,336 26,382,433 10,376,197 10,532,341

Liverpool 23,391,485 17,348,401 19,035,891 19,767,607 25,565,332 26,779,122

Long Lartin 15,764,682 6,159,671 6,744,065 7,037,553 20,122,537 20,297,349

Low Newton 5,770,762 10,657,161 10,804,102 11,464,235 7,547,572 8,027,668

Maidstone 9,817,528 25,904,732 26,780,910 28,052,557 10,405,357 11,094,821

Manchester 23,679,485 13,222,451 13,684,732 14,421,919 26,037,371 25,453,776

Moorland 12,184,621 2,592,947 2,673,555 3,277,930 15,006,469 20,902,463

Morton Hall 2,536,317 8,787,099 10,079,426 11,397,462 4,821,307 6,514,375

Mount (The) 8,296,716 7,514,987 8,014,446 8,733,767 11,565,509 12,808,539

New Hall 6,982,789 3,220,748 3,310,007 3,742,731 10,413,876 11,888,471

North Sea Camp 3,315,222 4,733,976 4,867,453 5,485,692 3,738,139 4,446,814

Northallerton 4,727,462 12,264,199 13,246,302 13,817,885 5,080,145 5,273,815

Norwich 11,865,139 8,633,539 9,771,270 10,207,330 14,164,851 15,229,088

Nottingham 8,140,323 10,546,373 12,044,121 12,673,587 10,413,672 11,178,582

Onley 9,232,294 11,014,381 11,848,896 12,216,694 13,566,358 14.770,000

Parkhurst 10,806,067 19,311,606 20,079,586 20,816,593 12,434,863 13,259,482

Pentonville 17,276,316 9,259,219 9,703,555 10,719,880 22,239,323 25,047,521

Portland 8,844,909 12,048,350 12,473,587 12,699,382 11,333,924 11,106,772

Preston 12,567,260 10,875,729 11,901,688 12,902,004 13,192,099 14,005,563

Ranby 9,256,035 5,501,540 5,884,279 6,417,856 12,851,506 14,269,727

Reading 5,045,213 15,983,571 15,450,926 15,920,099 6,761,178 7,080,270

Risley 15,895,377 8,230,782 8,805,058 9,335,373 16,393,281 18,221,821

Rochester 8,035,427 3,531,672 4,155,955 4,535,019 8,790,555 8,601,059

Send 3,291,301 4,205,992 4,673,206 4,915,667 4,609,307 4,973,567

Shepton Mallet 3,938,431 5,880,953 6,352,381 6,640,281 4,833,094 4,990,999

Shrewsbury 5,493,907 9,824,844 10,484,861 10,924,138 6,518,034 7,340,719

Stafford 9,451,888 6,305,489 6,373,876 6,648,876 10,624,651 12,305,294

Standford Hill 6,269,281 8,297,202 8,910,829 9,334,943 7,308,028 8,107,638

Stocken 7,220,581 9,840,541 11,109,509 12,861,620 9,454,466 10,199,203

Stoke Heath 8,374,468 8,701,379 10,340,864 10,453,733 13,631,592 15,705,333

Styal 6,462,026 7,002,129 7,248,636 7,446,036 10,894,273 11,529.555

Sudbury 6,914,035 11,175,124 12,643,399 13,300,578 7,606,310 7,700.779

Swaleside 10,858,272 6,789,513 7,007,193 7,235,116 13,493,143 13,776.388

Swansea 6,524,813 6,646,469 7,035,146 7,138,237 7,511,933 8,219,128

Swinfen Hall 5,193,891 6,322,349 6,637,515 6,875,677 7,445,594 7,860,939

Thorn Cross 6,140,617 5,423,030 5,978,839 6,415,420 7,369,808 7,370,209

Usk/HMYOI Prescoed 5,221,149 8,624,297 8,775,236 9,026,083 6,805,526 7,171,809

Verne (The) 8,493,944 18,687,468 18,979,626 20,327,832 9,534,353 10,002,290

Wakefield 17,706,563 21,530,155 23,135,281 24,660,699 19,914,099 20,955,508

Wandsworth 20,228,522 9,035,066 9,678,517 9,965,816 25,450,136 27,936,164

Wayland 8,788,315 9,579,654 10,346,156 10,778,946 9,928,885 10,818,403

Wealstun 9,534,969 7,019,536 6,835,969 7,126,526 10,870,434 11,659,314

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Establishment 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03

Weare (The) 6,062,308 6,777,199 8,662,259 9,059,926 7,340,016 7–920,458

Wellingborough 6,024,330 4,593,312 4,673,381 5,001,314 9,133,034 9,306,369

Werrington 3,600,342 6,813,413 7,510,166 8,165,532 5,105,326 5,820,567

Wetherby 6,096,628 4,303,089 4,588,726 4,784,995 8,645,080 10,161,472

Whatton 4,033,449 20,326,350 20,794,066 22,226,567 4.877,528 5,783,699

Whitemoor 19,743,783 10,989,602 11,191,441 11,468,743 22,611,769 24,138,779

Winchester 11,532,770 18,838,067 19,316,507 21,582,330 11,907,739 13,206,337

Woodhill 17,230,414 20,861,114 21,159,767 22,736,149 22,103.665 23,631,597

Wormwood Scrubs 20,654,121 13,310,312 14,274,322 15,150,405 23,256,552 24,691,189

Wymott 13,519,807 — — — 14,929,816 15,501,820

§ Mrs. Gillan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list the smaller prisons that are being considered for closure to redirect resources into community punishments. [147431]
(2)if he will list the sites that are being considered to erect the new generation of larger prisons. [147432]
(3)if he will publish the detailed investment case that the Department is making to the Treasury to close smaller prisons and erect larger prisons. [147433]

§ Paul Goggins
The Home Office is working on a value for money case for a replacement programme to create a new generation of larger prisons with the facilities needed to deliver effective programmes designed to reduce re-offending. New large prisons could also provide economies of scale, which would allow us to close some smaller prisons and redirect resources to community punishments. This case will be subject of discussion in the forthcoming Spending Review the outcome of which will be published. We will not publish the case we make to the Treasury on which decisions are taken.
There is an established procedure for the announcement of decisions to change the role of or close prisons. Once Ministers take a decision to change the role of or close a prison, staff and local MP's affected by the change or closure are briefed before the formal announcement.
A survey has been commissioned to identify suitable sites for new, large prisons although no sites have yet been purchased or other commitments made. To be effective in delivering regimes that aid rehabilitation and reduce re-offending new sites need to be close to, or have good transport links with, large conurbations. The search is concentrating on sites available in London and the south east, the west Midlands, the north west and Wales. These are the regions that have the greatest need for additional prison capacity at this stage.

§ Mr. Oaten
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what recent research he has commissioned into the effectiveness of mandatory drug testing in prisons. [143382]
(2) when he will publish the findings of the research into the effectiveness of mandatory drug testing in prisons. [144261]

§ Paul Goggins
A research study on the impact of the Mandatory Drug Testing programme in prisons is being undertaken by the Office for National Statistics and National Addiction Centre. Their report is now expected to be available in the Spring of 2004.
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§ Mr. Oaten
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what assessment he has made of seasonal variations in the seizure of illegal drugs(a) within prisons and (b) from individuals visiting prisons. [143402]
(2) what assessment he has made of seasonal variations in the rate of positive mandatory drug tests in prisons. [144269]

§ Paul Goggins
Available data on seizures of drugs in prisons and on visitors involved in suspicious incidents do not show any seasonal trends. Random mandatory drug test (MDT) rates in prisons fluctuate quite widely on a monthly basis. However, there is some evidence nationally of a pattern of slight increases in drug misuse in the months of July, August and December.

Establishment	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03
Full Sutton	20,454,411	11,862,882	12,200,677	12,876,755	23,541,026	24,773,246
Garth	11,464,277	8,522,977	8,918,173	9,217,605	12,879,054	13.576,683
Gartree	8,352,713	14,266,498	15,462,663	15,968,177	8,886,522	8,907,622
Glen Parva	13,386,394	6,271,350	6,563,470	6,922,287	16,615,880	17,838,628
Gloucester	6,209,360	9,658,212	10,507,804	11,295,755	7,417,888	7,925,897
Grendon	9,211,347	7,295,626	8,132,646	8,358,283	11,293,398	11,834,438
Guys Marsh	6,230,232	2,700,663	2,875,447	2,948,844	8,103,303	8,984,586
Haslar	2,390,006	3,153,390	3,107,653	4,400,554	2,847.598	3,430,226
Hatfield	4,008,611	9,223,118	9,012,125	9,291,388	4,116,132	merge with moorland
Haverigg	9,551,875	2,560,980	2,650,196	2,777,519	9,638,719	9,846,313
Hewell Grange	2,641,559	16,295,901	16,499,110	17,423,192	3,018,642	3,073,260
High Down	14,750,866	13,250,074	14,677,886	15,485,655	17,266,744	18,620,299
Highpoint	11,694,637	10,801,497	11,287,011	11,883,438	16,860,131	18,628,779
Hindley	10,569,836	9,512,609	10,632,555	11,699,929	13,429,476	17,104,335
Hollesley Bay Colony	10,762,342	18,388,002	19,004,311	19,759,757	12,710.164	14,900,729
Holloway	17,843,585	14,779,354	15,400,969	16,697,115	20,210,798	24,950,875
HolmeHouse	14,409,492	12,209,399	12,872,717	13,376,716	16,789,328	18,220,248
Hull	11,720,848	7,268,697	8,249,263	8,905,472	13,824,391	17,551,047
Huntercombe	5,253,859	4,238,987	4,518,246	4,945,046	10,066,596	12,126,323
Kingston	3,951,883	9,877,289	9,927,441	9,671,523	4,748,471	5,133,177
Kirkharn	9,759,154	2,355,686	2,665,271	2,745,209	10.642.725	11,292,357
Kirklevington range	2,439,348	4,797,324	5,062,966	5,293,531	2,806,220	3,088,564
Lancaster Castle	4,638,957	9,833,263	10,461,778	11,808,158	5,718,902	6,137,630
Lancaster Farms	9,661,162	2,451,116	2,786,779	2,838,862	11,726,248	13,087,839
Latchmere House	2,496,035	20,059,553	21,338,015	23,720,772	3,052,466	3,419,175
Leeds	18,394,596	7,864,959	7,886,714	8,294,295	23,291,510	24,161,348
Leicester	7,927,419	9,304,629	9,951,118	9,929,541	8,204,348	81462,450
Lewes	9,234,680	7,708,880	8,008,974	8,298,615	9,985,425	10,262,873
Leyhill	7,173,428	10,775,537	11,163,759	11,436,103	8,585,073	9,761,621
Lincoln	10,822,223	13,758,543	14,237,522	15,677,113	11,655,841	13,468,973
Lindholme	12,241,535	9,087,894	9,454,701	10,094,258	15,386,512	16,782,005
Littlehey	8,960,232	23,977,904	25,072,336	26,382,433	10,376,197	10,532,341
Liverpool	23,391,485	17,348,401	19,035,891	19,767,607	25,565,332	26,779,122
Long Lartin	15,764,682	6,159,671	6,744,065	7,037,553	20,122,537	20,297,349
Low Newton	5,770,762	10,657,161	10,804,102	11,464,235	7,547,572	8,027,668
Maidstone	9,817,528	25,904,732	26,780,910	28,052,557	10,405,357	11,094,821
Manchester	23,679,485	13,222,451	13,684,732	14,421,919	26,037,371	25,453,776
Moorland	12,184,621	2,592,947	2,673,555	3,277,930	15,006,469	20,902,463
Morton Hall	2,536,317	8,787,099	10,079,426	11,397,462	4,821,307	6,514,375
Mount (The)	8,296,716	7,514,987	8,014,446	8,733,767	11,565,509	12,808,539
New Hall	6,982,789	3,220,748	3,310,007	3,742,731	10,413,876	11,888,471
North Sea Camp	3,315,222	4,733,976	4,867,453	5,485,692	3,738,139	4,446,814
Northallerton	4,727,462	12,264,199	13,246,302	13,817,885	5,080,145	5,273,815
Norwich	11,865,139	8,633,539	9,771,270	10,207,330	14,164,851	15,229,088
Nottingham	8,140,323	10,546,373	12,044,121	12,673,587	10,413,672	11,178,582
Onley	9,232,294	11,014,381	11,848,896	12,216,694	13,566,358	14.770,000
Parkhurst	10,806,067	19,311,606	20,079,586	20,816,593	12,434,863	13,259,482
Pentonville	17,276,316	9,259,219	9,703,555	10,719,880	22,239,323	25,047,521
Portland	8,844,909	12,048,350	12,473,587	12,699,382	11,333,924	11,106,772
Preston	12,567,260	10,875,729	11,901,688	12,902,004	13,192,099	14,005,563
Ranby	9,256,035	5,501,540	5,884,279	6,417,856	12,851,506	14,269,727
Reading	5,045,213	15,983,571	15,450,926	15,920,099	6,761,178	7,080,270
Risley	15,895,377	8,230,782	8,805,058	9,335,373	16,393,281	18,221,821
Rochester	8,035,427	3,531,672	4,155,955	4,535,019	8,790,555	8,601,059
Send	3,291,301	4,205,992	4,673,206	4,915,667	4,609,307	4,973,567
Shepton Mallet	3,938,431	5,880,953	6,352,381	6,640,281	4,833,094	4,990,999
Shrewsbury	5,493,907	9,824,844	10,484,861	10,924,138	6,518,034	7,340,719
Stafford	9,451,888	6,305,489	6,373,876	6,648,876	10,624,651	12,305,294
Standford Hill	6,269,281	8,297,202	8,910,829	9,334,943	7,308,028	8,107,638
Stocken	7,220,581	9,840,541	11,109,509	12,861,620	9,454,466	10,199,203
Stoke Heath	8,374,468	8,701,379	10,340,864	10,453,733	13,631,592	15,705,333
Styal	6,462,026	7,002,129	7,248,636	7,446,036	10,894,273	11,529.555
Sudbury	6,914,035	11,175,124	12,643,399	13,300,578	7,606,310	7,700.779
Swaleside	10,858,272	6,789,513	7,007,193	7,235,116	13,493,143	13,776.388
Swansea	6,524,813	6,646,469	7,035,146	7,138,237	7,511,933	8,219,128
Swinfen Hall	5,193,891	6,322,349	6,637,515	6,875,677	7,445,594	7,860,939
Thorn Cross	6,140,617	5,423,030	5,978,839	6,415,420	7,369,808	7,370,209
Usk/HMYOI Prescoed	5,221,149	8,624,297	8,775,236	9,026,083	6,805,526	7,171,809
Verne (The)	8,493,944	18,687,468	18,979,626	20,327,832	9,534,353	10,002,290
Wakefield	17,706,563	21,530,155	23,135,281	24,660,699	19,914,099	20,955,508
Wandsworth	20,228,522	9,035,066	9,678,517	9,965,816	25,450,136	27,936,164
Wayland	8,788,315	9,579,654	10,346,156	10,778,946	9,928,885	10,818,403
Wealstun	9,534,969	7,019,536	6,835,969	7,126,526	10,870,434	11,659,314