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Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the budget is for each prison library in 2004-05; and how many local authority- employed librarians work in prison establishments on a (a) full-time and (b) part-time basis. [187237] Mr. Browne: The following table shows allocations to each prison establishment to purchase library services. The figures include maintenance of the book stock, exchange of stock within a year and off-site administration of the service. Information on the number of local authority- employed librarians working in prison establishments is not held centrally. A survey conducted in February 2004 found that Public Library Authority (PLA) library managers delivered 2,608 on-site hours per week while PLA library assistants delivered 2,230 per week. This equates to 134 full-time equivalent library staff across the prison estate. The Prison Service is currently working in partnership with the Public Library Authorities to develop a new and wider ranging specification for prison libraries that addresses the learning and skills agenda as well as providing information, advice and guidance. A new framework for resourcing the new service is also being developed. Library budgets 2004-05 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Establishment £ Acklington 39,088 Albany 31,842 Ashwell 17,906 Askham Grange 7,302 Aylesbury 15,875 Bedford 22,013 Belmarsh 62,491 Birmingham 72,523 Blakenhurst 36,716 Blantyre House 12,364 Blundeston 20,563 Brinsford 19,730 Brinsford YJB 16,885 Bristol 21,117 Brixton 58,634 Brockhill 15,176 Buckley Hall 18,618 Bullingdon 42,588 Bullwood Hall 5,430 Bullwood Hall YJB 361 Camphill 38,845 Canterbury 19,123 Cardiff 16,089 Castington 17,648 Castington YJB 12,532 Channings Wood 28,399 Chelmsford 19,815 Coldingley 11,850 Cookham Wood 8,427 Dartmoor 24,469 Deerbolt 15,887 Dorchester 17,768 Dover 12,758 Downview 25,126 Drake Hall 13,385 Durham 22,940 East Sutton Park 6,217 Eastwood Park 19,951 Eastwood Park YJB 529 Edmunds Hill 813 Elmley 49,666 Erlestoke 14,054 Everthorpe 32,959 Exeter 10,585 Featherstone 15,797 Feltham 30,869 Feltham YJB 8,548 Ford 33,591 Foston Hall 23,830 Frankland 24,602 Full Sutton 28,606 Garth 37,723 Gartree 15,435 Glen Parva 20,273 Gloucester 20,062 Grendon/Spring Hill 16,020 Guys Marsh 17,549 Haslar 19,597 Haverigg 28,022 Hewell Grange 11,743 High Down 27,457 Highpoint 29,345 Hindley 11,233 Hindley 10,292 Hollesley Bay 5,078 Holloway 56,463 Holme House 55,948 Hull 60,309 Huntercombe 16,506 Kingston 14,072 Kirkham 25,645 Kirklevington 9,102 Lancaster Castle 5,803 Lancaster Farms 32,355 Lancaster Farms 8,499 Latchmere House 2,240 Leeds 36,278 Leicester 17,409 Lewes 30,049 Leyhill 15,602 Lincoln 20,726 Lindholme 24,872 Littlehey 22,854 Liverpool 30,591 Long Lartin 21,305 Low Newton 18,454 Maidstone 19,209 Manchester 158,515 Moorland 43,833 Morton Hall 36,364 New Hall 158,442 New Hall YJB 3,259 North Sea Camp 11,978 Northallerton 34,756 Norwich 40,987 Nottingham 34,053 Onley 51,758 Parkhurst 32,056 Pentonville 37,094 Portland 16,637 Preston 17,985 Ranby 47,480 Reading 21,975 Risley 15,140 Rochester 27,904 Send 14,283 Shepton Mallet 5,615 Shrewsbury 12,474 Stafford 14,367 Standford Hill 20,700 Stocken 22,741 Stoke Heath 10,306 Stoke Heath 9,274 Styal 11,305 Sudbury 25,933 Swaleside 35,296 Swansea 17,474 Swinfen Hall 33,953 The Mount 38,786 The Verne 14,944 Thorn Cross 8,387 Thorn Cross YJB 3,009 Usk/Prescoed 16,745 Wakefield 23,789 Wandsworth 124,646 Warren Hill YJB 22,254 Wayland 25,885 Wealstun 35,478 Weare 17,597 Wellingborough 28,321 Werrington YJB 9,498 Wetherby YJB 32,241 Whatton 21,085 Whitemoor 25,972 Winchester 29,418 Woodhill 36,932 Wormwood Scrubs 43,773 Wymott 34,154 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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Type

Written question

Reference

424 c961-3W; 187237

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Finance Libraries Prisons Staff

Contains statistics

Yes

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