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Written question asked by Peter Bone (Conservative) on Friday, 31 August 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 5 September 2012. It was answered by Jeremy Wright (Conservative) on Monday, 17 September 2012 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Wellingborough Prison

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) capital expenditure and (b) revenue cost was for Wellingborough Prison in each of the last five years.

[119239]

Answer

The following table shows the capital expenditure and revenue costs for HMP Wellingborough for the past five financial years (2007-08 to 2011-12). The resource costs and some capital costs were incurred locally at the prison with further capital expenditure incurred centrally.

£ million
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
Local resource expenditure
13.6
13.9
13.4
11.9
11.4
Local capital expenditure
0.060
0.038
0.055
0.128
0.115
Central capital expenditure
3.5
1.1
0.2
0.1
0.0

Additionally it may be helpful to note expenditure from the three years prior to this (2004-05 to 2006-07).

£ million
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
Local resource expenditure
10.9
13.9
14.0
Local capital expenditure
0.071
0.022
0.122
Central capital expenditure
6.3
6.1
5.1
Note:
All figures expressed in £ million. The local costs are based on direct resource and direct capital expenditure at the establishment. This excludes expenditure met at regional or national level. The local resource figures for 2004-05 to 2007-08 are as published within the Annual Report and Accounts for HM Prison Service. The local resource figures for 2008-09 onwards are as published in an addendum to the Annual Report and Accounts of the National Offender Management Service which are available at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/corporate-reports/noms
Figures may not be directly comparable over time due to changes in scope and accounting treatment.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
119239; 550 cc475-6W
Session
2012-13
Subjects
Costs Expenditure HMP Wellingborough
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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