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Prisons: Food

Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 5 March 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average spend by his Department per prisoner per day on food was in each prison in each of the last five years. (191792)

The following table shows the average daily cost of food for prisoners whose meals are directly provided by the public Prison Service for the last five years for which data is available. Figures for contracted out prisons were provided by the Minister of State for Justice, my right hon. Friend the Member for Delyn (Mr. Hanson), on 26 February 2008, Official Report, column l504W.

£

2006-07

2005-06

2004-05

2003-04

2002-03

Acklington

1.75

1.80

1.58

1.57

1.40

Ashwell

1.75

1.96

1.85

1.96

2.08

Askham Grange

1.66

1.41

2.02

1.49

1.81

Aylesbury

2.29

1.88

1.76

1.58

1.66

Bedford

2.15

2.10

1.96

1.85

1.82

Belmarsh

2.50

2.21

1.94

2.12

1.62

Birmingham

1.91

1.87

1.88

1.52

1.48

Blantyre House

1.66

1.54

1.46

1.40

1.54

Blundeston

2.16

2.06

2.08

2.06

1.62

Brinsford

2.29

1.89

1.75

1.68

1.80

Bristol

1.89

1.82

1.58

1.58

1.53

Brixton

1.71

1.62

1.63

1.58

1.51

Brockhill

1.48

1.94

2.59

1.84

1.90

Bullwood Hall

1.95

1.98

2.62

2.45

2.34

Canterbury

2.30

2.12

2.12

1.98

1.96

Cardiff

1.76

1.76

1.63

1.67

1.53

Castington

1.98

2.05

2.03

1.85

2.47

Channings Wood

1.66

1.74

1.72

1.58

1.43

Chelmsford

1.69

2.11

2.20

2.08

1.68

Coldingley

2.19

2.08

2.05

1.96

1.76

Dartmoor

1.88

1.88

1.79

1.71

1.63

Deerbolt

2.18

2.00

1.97

1.63

1.77

Dorchester

2.11

1.75

1.80

1.80

1.65

Dover

2.08

2.36

2.47

2.22

1.31

Downview

2.09

1.87

1.88

1.97

1.90

Drake Hall

2.46

2.22

1.73

1.76

1.67

Durham

1.89

1.72

2.09

1.82

2.01

East Sutton Park

1.54

2.30

2.31

2.08

2.02

Eastwood Park

1.80

1.89

1.77

1.85

2.07

Elmley (inc. Standford Hill)

1.93

2.83

1.93

1.86

1.62

Erlestoke

2.25

2.00

1.96

1.80

1.48

Everthorpe

1.88

1.74

1.86

1.84

1.47

Exeter

2.07

1.95

1.89

1.65

1.46

Featherstone

1.86

1.74

1.72

1.58

1.71

Feltham

2.77

2.71

3.41

3.00

2.39

Ford

2.06

1.76

1.94

1.90

1.65

Foston Hall

2.22

1.83

1.91

1.75

1.56

Frankland

2.00

2.21

1.67

1.98

1.98

Full Sutton

2.15

2.01

1.76

1.73

1.87

Garth

2.01

1.74

1.69

1.57

1.69

Gartree

1.89

2.08

2.07

1.72

1.84

Glen Parva

1.91

2.01

1.88

1.94

2.01

Gloucester

2.06

2.06

1.96

1.95

1.97

Grendon/Spring Hill

1.13

1.79

1.86

1.81

1.59

Guys Marsh

2.03

1.97

1.91

1.93

1.82

Haslar

2.33

1.68

1.53

1.62

1.94

Haverigg

1.91

1.74

1.81

1.72

1.59

Hewell Grange

2.45

2.52

1.61

1.51

1.53

High Down

1.94

2.01

2.04

1.89

1.87

Highpoint (inc Edmunds Hill)

2.06

2.53

1.96

1.90

1.28

Hindley

1.95

1.89

2.25

1.99

1.89

Hollesley Bay (inc Warren Hill)

1.09

1.99

1.81

1.55

1.35

Holloway

2.41

2.52

2.42

1.84

1.89

Hull

1.81

2.05

1.83

1.85

1.43

Huntercombe

2.90

3.54

3.33

2.59

2.65

Kingston

2.33

2.10

2.07

2.62

2.49

Kirkham

2.91

2.72

1.98

2.13

1.93

Kirklevington

1.71

1.68

1.66

1.55

1.20

Lancaster Castle

2.40

1.95

1.55

1.65

1.53

Latchmere House

1.11

1.27

1.20

1.46

1.33

Leeds

1.82

1.64;

1.56

1.60

1.41

Leicester

1.90

2.01

1.93

1.86

1.94

Lewes

2.16

2.05

2.15

2.02

1.98

Leyhill

2.04

2.61

1.56

1.30

1.27

Lincoln

1.56

1.70

1.62

1.47

1.77

Lindholme

1.68

1.60

1.82

2.12

2.14

Littlehey

1.67

1.65

1.52

1.43

1.40

Liverpool

1.86

1.83

1.87

1.96

1.77

Long Lartin

2.33

2.01

1.97

1.85

2.51

Low Newton

2.40

2.41

2.28

1.63

1.69

Maidstone

1.84

1.73

1.71

1.74

1.63

Manchester

1.96

1.98

1.73

1.97

1.89

Moorland (closed + open)

2.32

2.31

1.71

2.36

2.33

Morton Hall

1.88

1.81

1.99

1.63

1.28

Mount

2.01

1.92

1.79

1.67

1.61

New Hall

2.00

2.13

2.13

2.10

1.96

North Sea Camp

1.84

2.11

1.69

1.60

1.41

Northallerton

1.83

1.57

2.22

1.71

1.40

Norwich

2.04

1.57

1.49

1.63

1.62

Nottingham

1.98

2.04

1.67

1.76

1.82

Onley

2.10

2.00

2.43

2.78

2.27

Parkhurst (inc. Albany and Camp Hill)

2.00

2.03

1.83

1.68

1.61

Pentonville

1.78

1.84

1.79

1.73

1.62

Portland

2.01

2.00

2.35

1.70

1.86

Preston

2.08

2.22

2.09

2.08

1.66

Ranby

1.89

2.07

1.66

1.86

1.72

Reading

2.12

1.89

1.36

1.36

1.36

Risley

1.97

1.79

1.79

1.84

1.52

Rochester (inc. Cookham Wood)

2.63

2.50

2.46

1.92

1.85

Send

2.45

2.40

2.23

1.97

1.84

Shepton Mallet

1.91

1.91

1.90

1.66

1.72

Shrewsbury

1.95

1.56

1.87

1.65

1.78

Stafford

2.14

1.65

1.53

1.58

1.74

Stocken

1.85

2.04

1.84

1.81

1.75

Stoke Heath

2.17

2.09

2.18

2.02

1.81

Styal

2.17

2.24

2.42

2.09

2.01

Sudbury

1.82

1.53

1.48

1.52

1.53

Swaleside

1.72

1.68

1.61

1.60

1.67

Swansea

1.81

1.75

1.63

1.86

1.89

Swinfen Hall

2.03

2.34

1.77

1.82

2.13

Thorn Cross

2.35

1.97

1.83

1.62

1.84

Usk and Frescoed

1.57

1.66

1.61

1.45

1.21

Verne

1.77

1.69

1.71

1.52

1.58

Wakefield

1.65

1.28

1.49

1.67

1.65

Wandsworth

2.16

1.79

1.64

1.79

1.71

Wayland

2.18

2.04

2.04

1.95

1.72

Wealstun

1.99

2.05

1.81

1.88

1.76

Weare

1

1

1.87

1.74

1.79

Wellingborough

2.22

2.03

2.09

1.94

2.03

Wellington

2.07

1.96

2.16

1.69

2.26

Wetherby

2.57

2.24

1.94

2.16

2.52

Whatton

1.67

1.32

1.60

1.58

1.19

Whitemoor

1.99

1.80

1.71

1.73

1.73

Winchester

2.52

1.99

2.03

1.99

1.69

Wormwood Scrubs

1.87

2.03

2.03

2.06

1.91

Wymott

1.86

1.77

1.73

1.74

1.63

1 Closed.