Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget is of HM Prison Huntercombe for 2017-18; and how that budget is broken down.

The budget of HM Prison Huntercombe for 2017-18 has not yet been set. Discussions on the prison’s Performance Agreement 2017-18 which will include its budget are due to conclude by 31 March 2017.

The budget of HM Prison Huntercombe does not presently include provision for prisoner education as this is made through the central Offender Learning & Skills Service. In future that funding will be devolved to the prison under the changes proposed in the White Paper Prison Safety & Reform. In its present 2016-17 budget the prison has provision of 0.15% of the total budget for prisoner recreation.