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Written question asked by David Heath (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 19 February 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 27 February 2008. It was answered by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Thursday, 13 March 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Prisons: Contracts

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost of each contracted-out prison has been (a) per prison place and (b) per prisoner in each of the last five years.
Answer

Information on the cost per prison place and per prisoner in each contracted prison is provided in the following table. Information has previously been published on the Prison Service website in the annual accounts 2002-03, the NOMS website in the office for contracted prisons statement of performance for 2004-05 and 2005-06 and the pre-audited financial information for contracted and commercial SLA prisons 2006-07. Information for the financial year 2003-04 was previously provided in a written ministerial statement.

£
2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03
Cost per place Cost per prisoner Cost per place Cost per prisoner Cost per place Cost per prisoner Cost per place Cost per prisoner Cost per place Cost per prisoner
Altcourse (DCMF) 55,108 32,947 51,763 33,141 50,848 32,488 53,322 32,871 52,369 32,786
Ashfield (DCMF) 49,960 54,304 48,669 60,025 41047 59,032 33,568 49,144 24,130 36,806
Bronzefield¹ (DCMF) 47,045 50,285 44,490 47,774 ²— ²— ²— ²— ²— ²—
Doncaster (MO) 27,828 19,312 26,417 18,999 24,942 17,627 24,769 1,7205 24,971 17,163
Dovegate (DCMF) 29,048 28,619 29,043 28,684 28,826 27,919 27,424 27,779 30,639 32,519
Forest Bank (DCMF) 29,097 22,212 28,420 22,269 27,359 21,479 27,229 21,697 26,027 20,599
Lowdham Grange (DCMF) 27,264 25,447 25,981 25,576 25,677 25,375 25,802 24,912 26,110 25,413
Parc (DCMF) 44,080 34,914 39,976 33,742 38,577 32,859 41,281 33,193 37,830 32,115
Peterborough³ (DCMF) 31,319 30,626 ²— ²— ²— ²— ²— ²— ²— ²—
Rye Hill (DCMF) 24,577 24,455 24,538 24,954 24,003 22,538 24,892 22,767 23,505 21,504
Wolds (MO) 25,221 21,638 20,855 23,258 21,507 20,572 21,861 19,700 24,635 19,170
¹ HMP Bronzefield opened during 2004-05, part year information was excluded from the analysis.
² Not open.
³ HMP Peterborough opened during 2005-06, part year information was excluded from the analysis.
Note:
(DCMF): Design, Construct, Manage and Finance.
(MO): Manage Only.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
188239; 473 c634-6W;473 c631-2W
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Private sector Prisons
Link
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