The figures provided are for 2005-06 and are taken from HM Prison Service Annual Report and the Office of Contracted Prisons Annual Report.
(a) The establishment costs per place are listed as shown.
(b) The average cost per place of the private prisons is £33,722
(c) The average cost per place of the public prisons is £28,486.
The costs quoted for privately-run and public prisons are not directly comparable, because of different financing structures and differences in services funded by other Government Departments. The public prisons’ costs quoted are the direct costs of each establishment and exclude Prison Service headquarters, depreciation and cost of capital charge on land and buildings, major maintenance and rates. The private prison costs are the direct cost of each establishment, including controllers and exclude depreciation, cost of capital charge/credit, repayment of capital, and rates.
There are also a number of factors which affect the costs of prisons and so comparisons must be made with caution. These factors include: the size of prison, its age, its design, the occupancy level, the prison security level, the type of prisoner and the activities carried on in the prison.
Establishment Cost (£) Male category B prisons (8) Albany 23,190 Garth 26,284 Gartree 23,477 Grendon 27,591 High Down 26,670 Kingston 31,359 Parkhurst 33,961 Swaleside 21,111 Average 25,881 Male category C prisons (36) Acklington 17,490 Ashwell 20,525 Blundeston 27,654 Buckley Hall1 25,329 Camp Hill 24,562 Canterbury 36,772 Channings Wood 22,302 Coldingley 25,212 Dartmoor 26,656 Edmunds Hill1 25,149 Erlestoke 21,705 Everthorpe 21,759 Featherstone 23,335 Guys Marsh 20,975 Haverigg 21,574 Highpoint 18,453 Lancaster 42,683 Lindholme 26,039 Littlehey 19,532 Maidstone 21,193 Moorland 21,423 Mount 21,563 Onley 25,073 Ranby 23,657 Risley 19,289 Shepton Mallet 34,444 Stafford 20,206 Stocken 21,090 Usk\Prescoed 28,476 Verne 19,439 Wayland 18,563 Wealstun 19,056 Wellingborough 22,181 Whatton 29,030 Wymott 21,904 Average 21,976 Male dispersal prisons (5) Frankland 47,401 Full Sutton 46,086 Long Lartin 37,445 Wakefield 33,653 Whitemoor 59,355 Average 43,904 Female closed prisons (5) Bullwood Hall 43,706 CookhamWood 49,716 Downview 28,792 Foston Hall 32,168 Send 30,634 Average 34,617 Female local prisons (6) Brockhill 38,657 Eastwood Park 34,519 Holloway 42,608 Low Newton 29,912 New Hall 41,800 Styal 34,387 Average 37,366 Female open prisons (2) Askham Grange 23,290 East Sutton Park 24,965 Average 23,932 Male closed YOI prisons (14) Aylesbury 32,660 Brinsford 35,984 Castington 35,085 Deerbolt 26,522 Feltham 45,201 Glen Parva 32,604 Hindley 30,980 Lancaster 33,993 Northallerton 40,030 Portland 24,201 Reading 48,405 Rochester 24,409 Stoke Heath 33,277 Swinfen Hall 26,027 Average 32,887 Male juvenile prisons (4) Huntercombe 42,384 Warren 47,015 Werrington 48,195 Wetherby 36,423 Average 42,143 Male local prisons (32) Bedford 34,422 Belmarsh 48,079 Birmingham 27,217 Blakenhurst 23,322 Bristol 42,727 Brixton 37,037 Bullingdon 27,912 Cardiff 33,187 Chelmsford 36,147 Dorchester 47,675 Durham 37,663 Elmley 23,749 Exeter 41,661 Gloucester 38,037 Holme House 25,016 Hull 27,034 Leeds 32,593 Leicester 52,770 Lewes 25,684 Lincoln 31,354 Liverpool 25,173 Manchester 34,518 Norwich 28,692 Nottingham 32,764 Pentonville 28,757 Preston 39,695 Shrewsbury 46,870 Swansea 42,626 Wandsworth 28,054 Winchester 36,029 Woodhill 43,313 Wormwood Scrubs 24,512 Average 31,912 Male open prisons (8) Ford 14,077 Hewell Grange 24,769 Hollesley Bay 23,801 Kirkham 24,346 Leyhill 22,497 North Sea Camp 19,143 Standford Hill 20,112 Sudbury 16,641 Average 20,183 Male open YOI prisons (1) Thorn Cross 27,413 Average 27,413 Semi open prisons (7) Blantyre House 23,298 Dover 29,316 Drake Hall 25,559 Haslar 29,742 Kirklevington 19,050 Latchmere House 15,444 Morton Hall 21,796 Average 23,571
Establishment Occupancy Cost (£) Altcourse Male local 51,763 Ashfield Male juvenile 48,669 Bronzefield Female closed 44,490 Doncaster Male local 26,417 Dovegate Male category B 29,043 Forest Bank Male local 28,420 Lowdham Grange Male category B 25,981 Parc Male local 39,976 Rye Hill Male category B 24,538 Wolds Male category C 20,855 1 Costs related to re-role from female to male establishments. Notes: 1. The prison place numbers used in calculating the costs per place are the Certified Normal Accommodation data. Certified Normal Accommodation (CNA), or uncrowded capacity, is the Prison Service’s own measure of accommodation. CNA represents the good, decent standard of accommodation that the Service aspires to provide all prisoners. 2. Establishments are categorised in these tables by their main role only. For this reason, performance of prisons within a category cannot necessarily be compared on a like for like basis. 3. Peterborough prison is not included as it was being brought into operation during 2005-06.