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New Prisons

Volume 301: debated on Friday 28 November 1997

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all new prison projects currently being assessed by his Department indicating the progress to date in the development of each establishment; and if he will make a statement. [18095]

At present, the Prison Service is actively considering four possible sites for the construction of new prisons. These are at: Ashworth (Maghull); Belmarsh (Woolwich); Winwick (near Warrington); and Peterborough. In the case of the latter, the Service's planning application was refused by Peterborough City Council on 19 November. Formal planning applications have yet to be prepared for the other three sites.