Wellingborough Prison

Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 19 July 2018.

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Photo of Richard Burgon Richard Burgon Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the lifetime cost of the building of HMP Wellingborough.

Photo of Richard Burgon Richard Burgon Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what model of private finance his Department plans to use in the contract to build HMP Wellingborough.

Photo of Richard Burgon Richard Burgon Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timeline is for the contract to build HMP Wellingborough to be put out to tender, and what the timeline for the tender process will be.

Photo of Richard Burgon Richard Burgon Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what requirements his Department plans to place on the design and building of new prisons relating to the number of occupants in each room.

Photo of Rory Stewart Rory Stewart The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice

As set out in the 2016 Prison Safety Reform White Paper and 2017 manifesto, we remain committed to building up to 10,000 modern and decent prison places to replace old, expensive and unsuitable accommodation. We intend to build the first prison at Wellingborough through public capital, with construction work expected to begin late 2018 / early 2019 with completion projected for early 2021.

The Department awarded to Kier Construction Limited a two-stage contract to design and construct the prison at Wellingborough on 19 February 2018. Negotiations are underway with the constructor on delivery of the cost of the new prison and this is also subject to the usual value for money assessments. The prison has been designed to provide largely single cell accommodation.

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