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Prison Accommodation

Volume 471: debated on Wednesday 30 January 2008

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Mr. Garnier

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prison places at (a) Ashfield, (b) Forest Bank, (c) Dovegate, (d) Rye Hill, (e) Bronzefield and (f) Peterborough prisons were (i) constructed and (ii) originally contracted to provide. (178755)

Mr. Hanson

The numbers of prison places that were constructed and contracted at the sites mentioned are listed in the following table:

Location

Date of contract for construction

Contractual prison places (including additional prisoner places)

Ashfield

1 July 1998

400 (+40)

Forest Bank

6 July 1998

800 (+240)

Dovegate

27 September 1999

8001 (+60)

Rye Hill

23 July 1999

600 (+60)

Bronzefield

20 December 2002

430 (+20)

Peterborough

4 February 2003

840 (+180)

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