Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
(asked on 24th October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to invest in the refurbishment of prisons in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) HM Prison Liverpool in the next five years.
The Ministry of Justice resource and capital budget for major (centrally funded) investment in existing prison buildings in England and Wales for 2017/18 is £93.7m. Future years’ budget allocations have not yet been confirmed.
There are around 175 major capital and resource projects underway or planned to start in 2017/18 or 2018/19 in prisons in England. The table below shows the major capital and resource projects in the North West region (including at HMP Liverpool) underway or planned to start in 2017/18 and 2018/19. Projects are subject to reprioritisation depending on the priorities of the estate and confirmed funding. New projects have not yet been confirmed as included in investment programmes from 2019/20 onwards.
Financial Year | Establishment | Project Scope |
2017-18 (underway or planned to start) | Garth | Replace heating system |
Hindley | Re-role works, replacement of heating main, flat roofing and key work building, gym and chapel roofing | |
Kirkham | Regime hangars* | |
Lancaster Farms | Re-role works | |
Liverpool | Fire alarm upgrade, gable end repairs to F&I wings, cell door replacement | |
Manchester | DDA adaptions | |
Risley | Workshop roof replacement | |
Styal | Refurbish gate and visitors’ area | |
Thorncross | Fire safety | |
Wymott | Gate controls, workshop roof, A&B wing refurbishment | |
2018-19 (planned to start) | Haverigg | Fire safety |
Hindley | Fire safety | |
Risley | Fire safety |
The Government stated its ambition for the prison estate transformation programme in the November 2016 Prison Safety and Reform White Paper, which set out that we want a prison estate that is less crowded, better organised, and that is increasingly made up of modern, fit for purpose accommodation.
* Regime Hangars are pre-second world war aircraft hangars within the grounds of the prison.