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Prison Officers' Accommodation

Volume 165: debated on Tuesday 16 January 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of prison officers' accommodation for which requests have been made by officers to purchase, for each establishment, at the latest date for which figures are available.

The prison service scheme for the discount sale of quarters to staff was introduced in June 1987 and to 9 January 1990 we have received the following applications to purchase:

EstablishmentNumbers of Applications
Acklington/Castington32
Albany95
Aldington14
Ashford96
Ashwell13
Askham Grange3
Aylesbury51
Bedford54
Birmingham42
Blantyre House15
Blundeston25
Bristol71
Brixton227
Brockhill23
Buckley Hall24
Bullwood Hall16
Camp Hill61
Campsfield House29
Canterbury49
Cardiff40
Channings Wood30
Chelmsford65
Coldingley103
Cookham Wood24
Deerbolt58
Dorchester41
Dover47
Drake Hall2
Durham66
Eastwood Park17
Erlestoke House21
Everthorpe16
Exeter57
Featherstone23
Feltham115
Finnamore Wood16
Ford14
Foston Hall8
Frankland40
Full Sutton25
Gartree54
Glen Parva75
Gloucester39
Grendon-Spring Hill62
Guys Marsh15
Haslar11
Hatfield6
Haverigg39
Hewell Grange16
Highpoint36
Hindley17
Hollesley Bay Colony54
Holloway78
Hull58
Huntercombe42
Kingston21
Kirkham15
Kirklevington Grange11
Lancaster13
Latchmere House49
Leeds37
Leicester45
Lewes70

Establishment

Numbers of Applications

Leyhill23
Lincoln36
Lindholme25
Littlehey21
Liverpool100
Long Lartin111
Lowdham Grange23
Low Newton20
Maidstone80
Manchester82
Medomsley2
Morton Hall1
The Mount6
New Hall7
Northallerton13
Northeye22
North Sea Camp3
Norwich63
Nottingham19
Onley43
Oxford22
Parkhurst110
Pentonville117
Portland63
Preston23
Pucklechurch32
Ranby21
Reading65
Risley123
Rochester40
Rudgate/Thorp Arch/ Wetherby56
Send15
Shepton Mallett19
Shrewsbury11
Stafford43
Standford Hill31
Stoke Heath13
Styal1
Sudbury12
Swansea21
Swinfen Hall20
Thorn Cross14
Usk and Prescoed28
The Verne40
Wakefield70
Wandsworth157
Wayland37
Wellingborough32
Werrington2
Whatton29
Winchester109
Wormwood Scrubs255
Wymott39
Total5,001

These applications include 385 applications that have subsequently been withdrawn and a further 50 that are the subject of applications to purchase at full market value. To date, 3,538 sales have been completed.