Pfi Prisons

Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which PFI funded prisons have payments to the contractors related to reoffending rates. [101763]

A performance bonus can be paid to Premier Prison Services Ltd if the contractor reduces recidivism in respect of the proportion of prisoners at the therapeutic community at Dovegate prison who have undertaken at least 15 months therapy in the community. They must also not have committed an offence within 12 months of release from custody; There has been insufficient tame for a bonus to become payable because the therapeutic community only opened in November 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the average cost per year of a prisoner held in (a) PFI funded and ( b) non PFI funded prisons in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [101764]

The average cost per prisoner held in Private Finance Initiative (PFI) funded and non PFI funded prisons in each of the last three years is shown, in the table.These figures are establishment costs only and exclude any share of Headquarters overheads. Establishment cost per prisoner figures cannot therefore be compared with the overall Prison Service cost per prisoner figure, which includes all expenditure.The figures for 1999–2000 and 2000–01 are expressed in cash terms, with those for 2001–02 expressed in resource terms.

	Cash		Resource
	1999–2000(£)	2000–01(£)	2001–02
Acklington	16,217	16,050	16,459
Albany	20,234	20,368	21,853
Altcourse^*	41,801	43,596	37,029
Ashfield^*	—	46,323	33,314

	Cash
	1999–2000(£)	2000–01(£)	Resource 2001–02
Ashwell	15,816	17,264	20,204
Askham Grange	21,644	21,916	22,431
Aylesbury	28,314	28,213	31,466
Bedford	20,037	21,819	20,414
Belmarsh	35,542	35,091	36,608
Birmingham	14,554	15,806	19,839
Blakenhurst^*	17,372	17,965	11,540
Blantyre House	20,010	20,946	21,315
Blundeston	24,110	22,675	24,074
Brinsford	19,701	23,036	26,767
Bristol	29,171	34,808	29,872
Brixton	22,965	24,756	25,756
Brockhill	31,737	33,960	36,729
Buckley Hall^*	19,866	17,088	20,469
Bullingdon	15,321	16,601	17,073
Bullwood Hall	34,580	31,458	33,693
Camp Hill	19,180	19,120	19,231
Canterbury	28,314	35,966	21,955
Cardiff	18,058	22,080	20,800
Castington	29,415	43,724	37,740
Channings Wood	18,336	18,794	19,108
Chelmsford	22,956	24,800	24,770
Coldingley	24,490	20,505	21,754
Cookham Wood	22,173	22,106	24,264
Dartmoor	21,475	22,080	24,369
Deerbolt	20,097	21,203	23,968
Doncaster^*	19,889	18,836	17,028
Dorchester	21,293	23,415	23,785
Dover	22,618	21,698	33,600
Downview	19,312	18,935	35,572
Drake Hall	22,359	27,651	24,784
Durham	22,552	26,320	32,303
East Sutton Park	21,639	22,828	23,705
Eastwood Park	22,734	22,023	23,403
Elmley	15,874	16,267	16,523
Erlestoke	19,761	19,832	19,398
Everthorpe	17,455	17,032	18,446
Exeter	20,691	22,112	21,467
Featherstone	18,751	18,989	21,337
Feltham	24,020	32,724	37,471
Ford	16,039	16,114	15,260
Forest Bank	13,608	32,392	23,243
Foston Hall	25,842	29,790	27,422
Frankland	43,418	42,706	38,480
Full Sutton	39,342	39,234	39,827
Garth	18,926	19,560	21,016
Gartree	24,245	26,782	31,522
Glen Parva	18,369	20,638	21,642
Gloucester	22,335	24,383	25,869
Grendon	22,594	25,228	25,345
Guys Marsh	15,364	15,548	15,928
Haslar	16,943	18,717	19,526
Hatfield	27,282	28,898	24,428
Haverigg	23,464	21,551	17,955
Hewell Grange	14,795	15,417	18,022
High Down	24,095	25,091	24,374
Highpoint	18,900	19,953	20,056
Hindley	24,989	27,428	30,032
Hollesley Bay	34,815	36,242	37,678
Holloway	38,521	40,581	41,622
Holme House	16,211	18,192	17,891
Hull	25,991	24,556	24,056
Huntercombe	29,595	26,551	30,628
Kingston	24,637	26,689	26,102
Kirkham	21,456	18,868	22,226
Kirklevington	14,738	15,566	16,355
Lancaster	27,057	34,000	25,268
Lancaster Farms	21,722	23,123	23,478
Latchmere House	14,701	14,487	17,842
Leeds	17,159	18,845	18,876
Leicester	22,677	23,404	23,989
Lewes	21,960	21,832	21,672
Leyhill	20,948	22,335	22,592
Lincoln	23,43	24,207	22,666
Lindholme	23,613	27,146	24,941
Littlehey	14,921	15,784	16,653
Liverpool	17,476	20,302	18,957

	Cash
	1999–2000(£)	2000–01(£)	Resource 2001–02
Long Lartin	45,329	42,627	47,431
Low Newton	42,757	30,948	27,454
Lowdham Grange^*	30,490	29,630	25,667
Maidstone	19,678	21,097	27,607
Manchester	23,285	24,873	22,245
Moorland	17,780	17,923	19,625
Morton Hall	14,360	33,514	27,265
Mount	15,339	14,656	15,896
New Hall	21,610	23,299	28,731
North Sea Camp	17,127	17,723	19,369
Northallerton	18,492	23,355	26,164
Norwich	19,204	20,694	19,509
Nottingham	21,247	20,963	20,786
Onley	20,186	22,062	24,617
Parc^*	37,814	38,950	32,237
Parkhurst	25,864	26,334	28,450
Pentonville	18,595	18,829	19,136
Portland	17,786	20,348	23,949
Preston	18,605	22,153	23,816
Ranby	15,964	17,047	17,623
Reading	26,417	29,633	28,700
Risley	19,775	19,180	20,462
Rochester	23,099	25,438	35,686
Rye Hill^*	—	—	24,635
Send	28,609	20,055	21,315
Shepton Mallet	21,707	29,807	29,470
Shrewsbury	19,545	19,734	19,762
Stafford	16,926	17,081	17,201
Standford Hill	19,711	19,676	21,106
Stocken	15,438	15,498	16,493
Stoke Heath	18,533	23,847	25,959
Styal	23,300	23,951	25,375
Sudbury	14,394	14,206	15,213
Swaleside	18,748	17,319	17,933
Swansea	21,780	24,817	28,920
Swinfen Hall	23,757	22,240	23,883
Thorn Cross	28,140	29,618	33,671
Usk	19,755	19,932	21,016
Verne	15,382	15,733	16,823
Wakefield	33,730	34,095	35,688
Wandsworth	17,535	18,572	18,735
Wayland	15,294	15,051	15,821
Wealstun	16,901	16,778	17,990
Weare	19,015	18,728	19,478
Wellingborough	19,238	17,185	18,163
Werrington	46,197	47,466	41,778
Wetherby	23,280	30,133	26,438
Whatton	16,751	17,502	18,048
Whitemoor	53,149	52,402	56,837
Winchester	18,701	19,760	20,498
Wolds^*	23,326	24,786	21,665
Woodhill	27,762	31,657	32,807
Wormwood Scrubs	28,712	26,779	22,778
Wymott	17,427	19,622	18,897
^* PFI prisons

Notes:

1. Buckley Hall and Blakenhurst reverted to public sector management in 2000–01 and 2001–02 respectively.

2. Ashfield and Rye Hill opened in 1999–2000 and 2000–01 respectively. Part year performance is not reported.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment his Department has made of the proportion of savings realised from PFI funded prisons which are due to (a) capital costs and (b) running costs in the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [101762]

Savings in private finance initiative (PFI) prison projects are expressed as the percentage difference between the Net Present Value of each project compared with its Public Sector Comparator; the Net Present Value of a project is its discounted value over the duration of the contract. Savings made in respect of the seven PFI funded prisons are shown in the following table.

	Percentage
Altcourse	17
Ashfield	14
Dovegate	17
Forest Bank	16
Lowdham Grange	14
Pare	1
Rye Hill	16

It is not possible to separate capital and running costs because a single unitary charge is paid to the contractor in respect of the total cost of each prison.

Volume 401: debated on Monday 17 March 2003