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Home Office

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Mr. Beith: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison service establishments have contracted out their shops (a) following competitive tendering, (b) without competitive tendering and (c) in total; if he will list the companies which operate each of the shops; what is the expected saving to the Prison Service from contracting out prison shops; and if he will make a statement. [92904] Mr. George Howarth: The information requested is given in the table. I will write to the right hon. Member in respect of the four prisons for which information on the savings made is not immediately to hand. Prisons in England and Wales operating contracted out shops £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Prisons with contracted out shops Formal tender Supplier Expected approximate savings Acklington Yes Aramark 45,000 Ashwell No Aramark 25,000 Belmarsh No Sutcliffe Not available Castington Yes Aramark 15,000 Coldingly Yes Aramark 21,000 Deerbolt Yes Aramark 30,000 Drake Hall Yes Eurest 15,000 Durham Yes Aramark 53,000 Foston Yes Eurest {1}None Frankland Yes Aramark 72,000 Full Sutton Yes Sutcliffe 40,000 Garth Yes Aramark 17,500 Guys Marsh Yes Aramark 30,000 Hatfield No Aramark Not available Holme House Yes Sutcliffe 104,000 Kirklevington Yes Aramark Not available Leeds Yes Aramark 200,000 Lindholme Yes Aramark 38,000 Littlehey Yes Sutcliffe (temp. contract) 12,000 Long Lartin Yes Eurest Not available Northallerton Yes Eurest 9,000 Shepton Mallet No Aramark 20,000 Stocken Yes Aramark 20,000 Swinfen Yes Eurest 25,000 Wealstun Yes Primary Management 49,100 Wetherby Yes Primary Management 8,000 Whatton Yes Aramark 23,200 Winchester Yes Eurest 29,600 Woodhill Yes Aramark 40,000 Wormwood Scrubs Yes Aramark 50,000 Wymott Yes Aramark 33,000 Known total 1,024,400 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Contract awarded to coincide with reopening of prison in 1997

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

92904; 336 c266-8W;336 c266-7W

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Contracts for services Finance Prisons Shops HM Prison Service

Contains statistics

Yes