Prison Accommodation

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.

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

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|Location                          |Date of contract for construction|Contractual prison places (including additional prisoner places)|
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|Ashfield                          |1 July 1998                      |400 (+40)                                                       |
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|Forest Bank                       |6 July 1998                      |800 (+240)                                                      |
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|Dovegate                          |27 September 1999                |8001 (+60)                                                      |
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|Rye Hill                          |23 July 1999                     |600 (+60)                                                       |
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|Bronzefield                       |20 December 2002                 |430 (+20)                                                       |
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|Peterborough                      |4 February 2003                  |840 (+180)                                                      |
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|1 200 therapeutic community places|                                 |                                                                |
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