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Prisons: Construction

Volume 491: debated on Tuesday 21 April 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what advance preparation work on the new Magilligan Prison is expected to be undertaken in the 2009-10 financial year. (268978)

The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) is procuring programme management, design and business case services to take forward the redevelopment of Magilligan Prison.

Programme management services have been selected and will be in place by June. It is intended that the organisations responsible for design and business case services will be appointed and in place by July and August respectively.

In addition, NIPS has established a project office to take forward a range of issues with the relevant bodies.

In 2009-10 NIPS anticipates starting the design phase and preparing an initial draft of the outline business case.