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Written question asked by Alan Duncan (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 February 2010. It was answered by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 February 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Prisons: Construction

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice in what locations his Department intends to provide the 3,500 further prison places announced for 2010; how many will be (a) part of new-build prisons, (b) additions to existing prisons and (c) refurbished disused cells in existing prisons; and how many will have been brought on stream at the end of each month in 2010.
Answer

In total, over 3,600 places are currently planned for delivery in 2010 as part of the Core Capacity Programme. Over 500 of these places have been provided through the more efficient use of cellular accommodation. The following table shows the locations of the new places to be provided in new prisons, expansions on existing sites and through cell reclaim schemes:

Location Places Accommodation type
Littlehey¹ Cambridgeshire 480 New build
Swaleside¹ Kent 176 Expansion
Wymott¹ Lancashire 16 Cell reclaim
Lowdham Grange Nottinghamshire 260 Expansion
Exeter Devon 8 Cell reclaim
Holme House Cleveland 180 Expansion
Nottingham Nottinghamshire 344 Expansion
Birmingham West Midlands 10 Cell reclaim
Bure Norfolk 264 Conversion²
Hollesley Bay Suffolk 20 Cell reclaim
Elmley Kent 190 Expansion
Feltham London 34 Cell reclaim
Isis London 480 New build
Moorland South Yorkshire 23 Cell reclaim
Wealstun West Yorkshire 300 Conversion³
Buckley Hall Lancashire 60 Expansion
Parc South Wales 330 Expansion
¹ Already delivered.
² Final phase of opening of new prison Bure. Not new build but a conversion of the former RAF Coltishall.
³ Places created through conversion of open accommodation to closed conditions.

The following table shows how many of these places are currently planned for delivery in each month in 2010. The number of places delivered in each month may be subject to change.

Number of places
January 672
February 268
March 534
April 284
May 224
June 0
July 480
August 23
September 0
October 300
November 60
December 330

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
506 c586-7W; 318053
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Construction Prisons
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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