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Written question asked by John Bercow (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 April 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 April 2006. It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 June 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

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Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many inmates there were at (a) HMP Grendon and (b) HMP Springhill in each of the last 10 years; and what the level of resourcing was at each in each year;
Answer

The following tables provide information on: the numbers of inmates held in Her Majesty’s Prison Grendon and Her Majesty’s Prison Spring Hill for each year since 1996, as recorded on the Prison Service IT system; the numbers of staff serving at the prisons, as provided from the Prison Service personnel system; and the cost figures for the prisons for the financial years between 1996-97 and 2004-05, as are available in the published Her Majesty’s Prison Service Annual Report and Accounts.

Number of prisoners within Grendon/Spring Hill each year since 1996¹
Closed trainer (Grendon) Open trainer(Spring Hill)
1996 220 198
1997 219 207
1998 221 242
1999 215 242
2000 195 242
2001 202 243
2002 206 245
2003 219 306
2004 224 304
2005 222 304
¹ The figures are the average for January-December for each year.
Staff in post for HMP Grendon and Spring Hill (combined)
31 March SIP FTE¹
1997 311 ?
1998 303 ?
1999 315. 315.0
2000 334 334.0
2001 338 328.5
2002 299 288.5
2003 313 302.5
2004 344 335.3
2005 354 342.4
2006 340 328.4
¹ Full-time equivalent.
Annual report and accounts costs for HMP Grendon/Spring Hill
£
Financial year Annual cost
1996-97 8,702,300.00
1997-98 8,992,600.00
1998-99 9,486,126.00
1999-2000 10,278,228.00
2000-01 11,066,549.00
2001-02 10,503,600.00
2002-03 11,834,438.00
2003-04 14,095,177.00
2004-05 14,704,902.00

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
65592; 447 c745-6W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
HMP Spring Hill HMP Grendon
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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