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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice from which heading of his Department's budget the mooring fees for HMP Weare prison ship are paid.

Asked by

Andrew Turner (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Justice

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 April 2008

Reference

474 c2120W; 199336

House

House of Commons

Weare Prison

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the mooring fees were for HMP Weare prison ship in the latest period for which figures are available.

Asked by

Andrew Turner (Conservative)

Answering body

Ministry of Justice

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 April 2008

Reference

474 c2120W; 199286

House

House of Commons

Weare Prison

To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice pursuant to the answer of 1 May 2007, Official Report, column 1584W, on Weare Prison, if she will place in the Library a copy of the investment appraisal on HMP Weare.

Asked by

Lord Spellar (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Justice

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 June 2007

Reference

461 c954W; 141924

House

House of Commons

Weare Prison

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 21 March 2007, Official Report, column 975W, on Weir prison, how much expenditure, and on what, would have been required to keep HMP Weir open.

Asked by

Lord Spellar (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 May 2007

Reference

133778; 459 c1584W

House

House of Commons

Weir Prison

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reasons were for the sale of HMP Weir in May 2006.

Asked by

Lord Spellar (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 March 2007

Reference

458 c975W; 128094

House

House of Commons

HMP Weir

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for the use of HMP Weir.

Asked by

Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 February 2007

Reference

457 c108W; 112327

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the future of HMP The Weare.

Asked by

Huw Edwards (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 March 2005

Reference

432 c655-6W;432 c657W; 219709

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost of carrying out the maintenance and repairs to HM Prison Weare which would ensure it received its next certificate of seaworthiness.

Asked by

Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 March 2005

Reference

432 c659W;432 c657W; 222535

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maintenance costs for HM Prison Weare were in each year since 1997.

Asked by

Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 March 2005

For answer on

22 March 2005

Answered on

22 March 2005

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the maintenance costs for HM Prison Weare were in each year since 1997. [222536] Paul Goggins: [holding answer 17 March 2005]: The maintenance costs for The Weare prison since 1997 are comprised of three discrete elements; the vessel-specific facilities management contract, local maintenance allocation and other major maintenance costs. The first two can be broken down as follows: £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Facilities management Local maintenance1 1997-98 2187 2129 1998-99 2187 129 1999-2000 187 129 2000-01 192 129 2001-02 198 129 2002-03 219 129 2003-04 251 129 2004-05 257 129 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Has been increased in certain years through allocation from Prison Service area funding. 2 Actual figures estimated as not readily available. There have also been other major maintenance requirements at The Weare since 1997. These include re- painting, preservation work, a link span modification and the refit for the previous sea-worthiness certificate. In total these maintenance costs were in the order of £1 million over this period.

Date

22 March 2005

Reference

432 c659-60W;432 c657-8W; 222536

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper DEP 8 [11254]

Deposited by

Home Office; HM Inspectorate of Prisons

Type

Deposited papers

Date

7 January 2002

Reference

DEP 8 [11254]

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prison ships are in use in the UK; and how many inmates were held on these ships on 1st July. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 July 2000

Reference

353 c435W;353 c433W; 129455

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper Dep 8 [19073]

Deposited by

Home Office; HM Inspectorate of Prisons

Type

Deposited papers

Date

23 April 1999

Reference

Dep 8 [19073]

House

House of Commons

Williams of Mostyn, Lord

How many visiting ministers, and of which religions, have been appointed to Her Majesty's Prison Weare. [HL 1151]. - Includes figure.

Asked by

Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 March 1998

Reference

HL 1151; 588 c10WA

House

House of Lords

Williams of Mostyn, Lord

Statement on the resources available to the Prison Service. [HL631]. - Inc figs.

Asked by

Lord Carmichael of Kelvingrove (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 February 1998

Reference

586 c10WA

House

House of Lords

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what extra prison provision his Department estimates will be necessary to accommodate prisoners in custody for (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000, and (c) 2001-02.

Asked by

Lord Burnett (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 February 1998

Reference

25989; 305 c714-5W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, What assessment he has made of the advantages and disadvantages of prison ships. (Failed OPQ).

Asked by

Gordon Prentice (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 February 1998

Reference

305 c511W; 24628

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will comment on the future of HMP Weare. - (Holding answer 15 January 1998).

Asked by

Ann Widdecombe (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 January 1998

Reference

21300; 304 c329W;304 c325W

House

House of Commons

Williams of Mostyn, Lord

Whether they are satisfied that the prison ship HMP Weare is able to provide adequate facilities for work, exercise and recreation.

Asked by

Lord Robertson of Oakridge (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 1997

Reference

583 c65WA

House

House of Lords

Home Office

If he will comment about the recent fire on HM Prison, Weare.

Asked by

Harry Cohen (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 June 1997

Reference

4767; 296 c426W;296 c428W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

Statement on what conclusions he has reached about future private sector involvement in the Prison Service.

Asked by

Patrick Hall (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

19 June 1997

Answered on

19 June 1997

Mr. Patrick Hall: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what conclusions he has reached about future private sector involvement in the Prison Service. [5060] Mr. Straw: The Government have expressed reservations about the principle of contracting out the management of prisons. It is generally accepted that responsibility for the incarceration of offenders must remain with the state. The issue is whether that responsibility should, as a matter of principle, be discharged through direct management in the public sector or whether it can properly and effectively be discharged under a regulatory framework. This was addressed in the recent report on prison management by the Home Affairs Select Committee; and the Government now wish to give further and careful consideration to the arguments deployed in that report before settling their overall approach to this issue. Existing management contracts will be honoured, as I have already made clear. But we are considering ways in which the current regulatory framework might be strengthened. At present, all disciplinary hearings in contractually managed prisons are conducted by a state official--the Controller, a Prison Service governor, who also monitors the performance of the contractor on behalf of the responsible Prison Service Area Manager. This is an important principle from which we will not depart; and we are currently reviewing the scope for extending the Controller's powers in respect of prisoners' requests and complaints, sentence calculation, scrutiny of security classifications and frequency of security audits. On the letting of new contracts and the renewal of existing contracts, our immediate approach is necessarily determined by current expenditure plans, to which we are committed, and by operational requirements. We have inherited a prison population rising sharply, (well above projections) with expenditure provision for new prisons limited to establishments to be designed, constructed, managed and financed by the private sector. Even with the new prison ship, Her Majesty's Prison Weare, there is huge pressure on capacity. We have therefore decided to proceed with existing procurement plans to provide additional new places on this basis by 1999-2000. This is an urgent operational requirement to overcome projected shortfalls in accommodation and to avoid dangerous levels of overcrowding and the use of police cells. We will shortly be launching competitions to provide an 800 place Category B local prison at Agecroft, Salford, and a 400 place Young Offender Institution at Pucklechurch, near Bristol. I have also authorised the renewal of the contract for the operation of Her Majesty's Prison Blakenhurst with the private sector operator, United Kingdom Detention Services. The existing contract expires on 25 May 1998; and we are required to give the operator one year's notice of a decision to renew the contract. The prison has been performing well against the current contract requirements and in comparison with comparable prisons in the public sector; and I am satisfied that the terms that have been negotiated for renewal of the contract offer value for money. The establishment could not be returned to public sector control without incurring additional expenditure, which would require offsetting savings elsewhere; and in the light of the current budgetary pressures on the Prison Service and pending our consideration of the Select Committee report, I am persuaded that no other course of action could be justified in current circumstances. However, in order to ensure that future options are kept as open as possible while our overall policy is under review, I have decided to renew the contract for 3 years only, the minimum practical--and contractually permissible--period. Moreover, before further decisions are made on prison procurement beyond the extra places within existing plans or on the renewal of any other existing contracts, I have asked the Prison Service to: (a) explore all possible methods of using private finance on terms which offer value for money including design, build and maintain new prisons with the public sector providing custodial services; and (b) seek to demonstrate that the public sector Prison Service has the capacity to match the performance of the private sector in comparable prisons, and that realistic plans can be developed to establish a case for returning contractually managed prisons to the public sector on value for money grounds when consideration is given to the issue on the expiry of contracts. I have asked senior Prison Service managers to engage in consultations with the Prison Service unions to this end. Proposals for private sector area involvement in other areas of the Prison Service, which do not raise the same issues of principle, will be treated on their merits. I have authorised the extension of the contract with Group 4 to operate the court escort and custody service in Area 7. This is essentially a specialist service, distinguishable from the management of prisons; and I am satisfied both with the quality of the service being provided and with the terms negotiated for extension of the contract.

Date

19 June 1997

Reference

5060; 296 c247-9W;296 c249-51W

House

House of Commons

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