To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will announce his conclusions on the further review of the prison estate.
I have considered very carefully the large number of representations received following my announcement on 24 July 1991, Official Report, column 596, of the proposals which had emerged from the review of the prison estate. The proposals included changes to the roles of 15 establishments, and the closure of seven establishments as well as units at Her Majesty's prison Drake Hall, Her Majesty's prison Highpoint and Her Majesty's prison Norwich.Since these proposals were made the prison population has risen and the prison service has had to resort to very high levels of police cell use to accommodate prisoners. Yesterday there were 1,244 prisoners in police cells. The use of police cells in this way is entirely unacceptable and I do not now believe that it would be right to continue with the proposed closures, except for Her Majesty's remand centre Pucklechurch and the open unit at Her Majesty's prison Highpoint in 1993–94. I therefore now intend that the establishments in the following list should continue in operation for at least the next two years and subject where appropriate to changes of role.
HMYOI Kirklevington
To convert to adult use.
HMYOI Werrington
To remain as a young offender institution.
HMP Newell Grange
To continue for the present in its temporary role as an adult open prison.
HMYOI Finnamore Wood Camp
To remain as a young offender institution.
HMP Oxford
Closure to be deferred and to be used as a decanting facility by London establishments during the present period of large scale refurbishment.
HMP Aldington
To remain as a training prison.
HMP Norwich (Britannia)
Closure to be deferred and to be used temporarily to relieve the main establishment while work goes ahead to install integral sanitation.
HMP Drake Hall
The proposal to mothball one unit will not now go ahead.
I have also reached the following conclusions in respect of the proposed changes of role:
HMYOI Castington
To be retained as a young offender institution.
HMYOI Deerbolt
To establish a juvenile unit within existing buildings.
HMP Nottingham
To be retained as a training establishment.
HMYOI Lancaster Farms
To be used as a remand centre as well as a young offender institution.
HMP Risley
To be used as both a local and training prison as new accommodation comes into use.
HMP Leeds
To be used as both a training and a local prison as new accommodation comes into use.
HMP Stafford
Further consideration will be given to the proposal for this establishment to be converted in part to a local prison in 1995–96.
HMP Gloucester
One wing to be used as a remand centre.
HMYOI Eastwood Park
To close as a young offender institution (1992–93) and re-open as a female establishment (1993–94).
HMYOI Hollesley Bay Colony
To convert in part to adult use.
HMP Bedford
To convert in part to a remand centre. But further consideration will be given to whether it will in addition be necessary to use some of the accommodation at HMP Woodhill as a remand centre.
HMP Reading
To convert to a remand centre.
HMP Elmley
To open as part local and part category C training prison.
HMP Coldingley
To convert from a category B to a category C training prison.
HMYOI Guys Marsh
Further consideration will be given to the most effective way of providing an adequate number of remand centre places in the south of England. It is now proposed that for the time being Guys Marsh will be used to hold adult male sentenced prisoners as well as young offenders.
United Kingdom contributions to multilateral agencies 1979–90 in real terms (1990 prices)
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| International Labour Organisation | 4,871 | 5,233 | 3,194 | 4,620 | 5,553 | 5,749 | 6,252 | 5,071 | 4,701 | 4,881 | 6,031 | 5,832 |
| Food and Agriculture Organisation | 5,543 | 6,013 | 6,066 | 8,718 | 9,175 | 11,548 | 9,080 | 9,523 | 7,102 | 9,857 | 9,318 | 9,626 |
| International Fund for Agricultural Development | — | — | 1,478 | 3,290 | 5,261 | 6,010 | 7,300 | 4,542 | 4,044 | 2,967 | 3,477 | 2,625 |
| United Nations Development Programme | 63,726 | 28,036 | 29,357 | 28,843 | 27,400 | 26,912 | 28,128 | 27,179 | 28,358 | 28,353 | 28,135 | 27,114 |
| World Food Programme1 | 15,672 | 4,650 | 3,109 | 5,288 | 1,226 | 1,472 | 670 | 647 | 12,813 | 5,256 | 16,960 | 4,030 |
| United Nations Children's Fund | 16,487 | 9,328 | 12,340 | 9,328 | 8,989 | 8,534 | 11,251 | 10,753 | 14,795 | 14,145 | 13,201 | 9,285 |
| United Nations High Commission for Refugees | 20,072 | 13,035 | 9,826 | 9,721 | 5,510 | 10,050 | 22,583 | 18,145 | 18,248 | 22,532 | 20,901 | 19,495 |
| United Nations Fund for Population Activities | 8,654 | 3,738 | 3,775 | 4,132 | 3,999 | 4,249 | 6,027 | 5,824 | 6,165 | 6,076 | 5,951 | 3,000 |
| United Nations Environment Programme | 1,338 | 1,108 | 1,007 | 935 | 1,111 | 1,062 | 1,005 | 1,294 | 1,233 | 1,447 | 3,246 | 3,000 |
1 Contribution to the World Food Programme include subscription payments, commodity purchase and, from 1987, food aid. Prior to 1987 the food aid channeled through WFP could not be distinguished from other food aid, and therefore is not included in this table. | ||||||||||||