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Home Office

Answer

Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate has been made of the number of (a) male high security, (b) male category B, (c) male category C, (d) male category D, (e) male local, (f) male remand, (g) female local, (h) female closed, (i) female open, (j) male closed young offender institutions and (k) male open young offender institutions juvenile places that will be required in each of the 10 areas under the new National Offender Management Service structure in each of the next five years. [168836] Paul Goggins: The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) will, in the immediate future, continue to plan its requirement for prison capacity for all categories of prisoner on a national basis, taking account of suitable regimes and factors such as closeness to home. In due course NOMS will move towards a regional framework, with Regional Offender Managers commissioning places according to local need. Planning for some aspects of the prison estate, such as the accommodation for high security category A prisoners will, however, remain co-ordinated centrally.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

168836; 426 c1432-3W;426 c1436-7W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Women Prisoners Prisons Men National Offender Management Service Maximum security prisons Open prisons Young offender institutions

Link

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