Sir Jeremy Wright corrected the Commons record on Prisons
Sir Jeremy Wright made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 18 December 2013. The correction replaced 8 figures (1,144,946, 1,774,311, 1,823,270, 2,450,457, 3,417,550, 420,891) with 7 figures (0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8). Altogether 165 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what capital expenditure projects his Department commissioned at (a) HMP Blundeston, (b) HMP Dorchester, (c) HMP Northallerton and (d) HMP Reading in each of the last five years; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement. Letter of correction from Jeremy Wright: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Wansbeck (Ian Lavery) on 8 October 2013. The full answer given was as follows:
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| The following table shows the centrally-funded capital expenditure projects commissioned at HMP Blundeston, HMP/YOI Dorchester, HMP/YOI Northallerton and HMP/YOI Reading in each of the last five years and their cost. The Department needs to modernise the estate to provide prison capacity at much lower cost and in the right places to deliver our ambition of reducing re-offending. That is why MOJ are replacing older accommodation that is expensive to run with newer, cheaper and more efficient accommodation that will provide better value for money. Year/Establishment | Project title | Total 2012/13: | | HMP/YOI Dorchester | Healthcare Unit | HMP/YOI Reading | Fire Alarm Upgrade | 2011/12: | | None | — | — 2010/11: | | HMP Blundeston | Replace Perimeter Intrusion Detection System (PIDS) | HMP/YOI Dorchester | | HMP Blundeston | Pipework and pumps | 3,417,550 2009/10: | | HMP Blundeston | | 2008/09: | | | | Note: The fire alarm upgrade at Reading began over a year before the decision to close the prison was taken and was initiated on recommendation from a fire safety inspection by the Crown Premises Inspection Group (CPIG). Due to the modular design of the new health care centre at Dorchester, commissioned in August 2011, it | The correct answer should have been: | The following table shows the centrally-funded capital expenditure projects commissioned at HMP Blundeston, HMP/YOI Dorchester, HMP/YOI Northallerton and HMP/YOI Reading in each of the last five years and their cost. Year/Establishment | Project title | Total (£ million) 2012/13: | | HMP/YOI Dorchester | Healthcare Unit | 1.5 HMP/YOI Reading | Fire Alarm Upgrade | 1.0 2011/12: | | None | — | — 2010/11: | | HMP Blundeston | Replace Perimeter Intrusion Detection System (PIDS) | 1.6 HMP/YOI Dorchester | Roofs and window grilles | 0.5 2009/10: | | HMP Blundeston | Replace Perimeter Intrusion Detection System (PIDS) | 0.1 HMP/YOI Dorchester | Roofs and window grilles/replace visits building | 1.8 2008/09: | | HMP/YOI Dorchester | Roofs and window grilles/replace visits building | 3.9 Note: Figures rounded. The fire alarm upgrade at Reading began over a year before the decision to close the prison was taken and was initiated on recommendation from a fire safety inspection by the Crown Premises Inspection Group (CPIG). Due to the modular design of the new health care centre at Dorchester, commissioned in August 2011, it can be relocated to another part of the prison estate. | |
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Receipt
| Read from | https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/debates/debate/13121852000003.json |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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