Prisons: Heating
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons currently have underfloor heating in prisoner cells; and whether any under construction prison places will have underfloor heating in prisoner cells.
Answered by Sarah Sackman
Underfloor heating is cheaper to run and safer in prisons because it operates at lower temperatures than traditional radiators, reducing energy costs, working efficiently with low-carbon heat pumps, distributing heat more evenly to minimise heat loss, and eliminating exposed radiators that could be damaged, tampered with, or cause injury.
Underfloor heating is currently installed at the following HMPs,
Wetherby
Durham
Frankland
Cardiff
Nottingham
Stocken
High Down
Cookham Wood
Earlestoke
The Mount
Parkhurst
HMP Aylesbury
HMP Winchester
HMP Bullingdon
Five wells
Fosse way
Berwynn
Bronzefield
Peterborough-
Rye Hill
Millsike
Littlehey
Maidstone
Bure
Oakwood
Lewes
Elmley
Parc
All our new prisons will feature underfloor heating, as will all new houseblocks being built at existing prisons. Where appropriate, the refurbishment of existing prison wings may also include the installation of underfloor heating.
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