Prison Service

Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Wales; South East Wales; Monmouthshire and Newport
Location of affected unit(s)
Newport
Sector
Public Administration / Defence
84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
84.2 - Provision of services to the community as a whole
84.24 - Public order and safety activities
500 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
17 March 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

500 new jobs, due to be relocated to Peterborough, will now go to Newport in South Wales. The Home Office planned to build a new Prison Service administration centre in the city where a jail has just opened. However, the Home Office has decided to build the centre in Newport in Wales where development grants were available.

Sources

  • 17 March 2005: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Prison Service, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61281, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/61281.