HC Deb 15 March 2004 vol 419 c142W
Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the value of prison buildings in central(a)London,(b)Liverpool,(c)Leeds,(d)Manchester,(e)Sheffield and(f)Birmingham; and if he will make a statement. [156705]

Paul Goggins

The value of prison buildings used in the accounts calculated on a depreciated replacement cost basis which does not necessarily represent their disposal value. On this basis the current values of prisons in central city areas are:

Prisons in central city areas
£
London 281,846,103
Liverpool 36,258,996
Leeds 27,264,606
Manchester 95,164,527
Sheffield none
Birmingham 58,721,713