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Prisoners: Food

Answer

Information on the cost of the daily food allowance for prisoners in each of the last five years for each contracted prison is provided in the table as follows.

Cost of daily food allowance for prisoners
£¹
	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003
Altcourse	2.18	2.23	2.24	2.19	2.10
Ashfield	2.81	2.84	2.63	2.63	2.63
Bronzefield ²	3.45	3.73	3.93	n/a	n/a
Doncaster	2.40	2.33	2.23	2.18	2.17
Dovegate	2.25	2.25	2.22	2.17	2.15
Forest Bank	2.91	2.93	2.93	2.85	n/a
Lowdham Grange	2.25	2.25	2.22	2.17	2.15
Parc³	2.46	2.46	2.46	2.46	2.46
Peterborough 4	2.95	3.18	4.42	n/a	n/a
Rye Hill	2.15	2.17	2.20	2.12	2.06
Wolds	2.17	2.18	2.15	2.09	2.05
¹ Due to information not being held centrally data has been supplied by each of the four contractors Serco, Kalyx, G4S and GSL.
² HMP Bronzefield did not open until June 2004.
³ Information provided by Pare is the actual daily allowance per day, however the actual food cost varies over the period between £2.45 and £2.60.
4 HMP Peterborough did not open until March 2005. Data also includes providing free staff meals, as it is not possible for the contractor to provide a separated cost.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

188345; 472 c1504W

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Food Prisons

Link

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