Information on the cost of the daily food allowance for prisoners in each of the last five years for each contracted prison is provided in the table as follows.
£1 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 Altcourse 2.18 2.23 2.24 2.19 2.10 Ashfield 2.81 2.84 2.63 2.63 2.63 Bronzefield 2 3.45 3.73 3.93 n/a n/a Doncaster 2.40 2.33 2.23 2.18 2.17 Dovegate 2.25 2.25 2.22 2.17 2.15 Forest Bank 2.91 2.93 2.93 2.85 n/a Lowdham Grange 2.25 2.25 2.22 2.17 2.15 Parc3 2.46 2.46 2.46 2.46 2.46 Peterborough 4 2.95 3.18 4.42 n/a n/a Rye Hill 2.15 2.17 2.20 2.12 2.06 Wolds 2.17 2.18 2.15 2.09 2.05 1 Due to information not being held centrally data have been supplied by each of the four contractors Serco, Kalyx, G4S and GSL. 2 HMP Bronzefield did not open until June 2004. 3 Information provided by Parc is the actual daily allowance per day, however the actual food cost varies over the period between £2.45 and £2.60. 4 HMP Peterborough did not open until March 2005. Data also include providing free staff meals, as it is not possible for the contractor to provide a separated cost.