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Doubts raised over new jail plan Doubts raised over new jail plan
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Proposals to build a new jail in north Wales are in doubt after it emerged the Ministry of Justice has not yet decided to proceed.Proposals to build a new jail in north Wales are in doubt after it emerged the Ministry of Justice has not yet decided to proceed.
It followed a plea for more details about the proposals to be released after an earmarked site had not been bought six months after it was chosen.It followed a plea for more details about the proposals to be released after an earmarked site had not been bought six months after it was chosen.
Plans for a jail on the Dynamex Friction site in Caernarfon, Gwynedd were unveiled in February.Plans for a jail on the Dynamex Friction site in Caernarfon, Gwynedd were unveiled in February.
In a letter, the ministry said no decision had been made on the plans.In a letter, the ministry said no decision had been made on the plans.
It is estimated that a new prison on the site of the former brake factory - which was originally called Ferodo - will create 1,000 permanent jobs and be worth £17m a year to the local economy.It is estimated that a new prison on the site of the former brake factory - which was originally called Ferodo - will create 1,000 permanent jobs and be worth £17m a year to the local economy.
But the ministry has still not bought the site.But the ministry has still not bought the site.
Officials said earlier this year, they could not put a final figure on the cost of the prison - or the type of jail or when it would be built.
At present no decision has been made on whether to proceed Letter to David Jones, MPAt present no decision has been made on whether to proceed Letter to David Jones, MP
The site's owners Bluefield Land Caernarfon Ltd said it had its own proposals for a housing and leisure development which they will get under way if no offer from the ministry was forthcoming.The site's owners Bluefield Land Caernarfon Ltd said it had its own proposals for a housing and leisure development which they will get under way if no offer from the ministry was forthcoming.
Clwyd West MP David Jones said doubts about the prison plan's future were raised following a letter from the Ministry of Justice's Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Claire Jones MP.Clwyd West MP David Jones said doubts about the prison plan's future were raised following a letter from the Ministry of Justice's Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Claire Jones MP.
In a letter to Mr Jones, she said: "The National Offender Management Service have not yet purchased this site for development as a prison and at present no decision has been made on whether to proceed."In a letter to Mr Jones, she said: "The National Offender Management Service have not yet purchased this site for development as a prison and at present no decision has been made on whether to proceed."
Caernarfon MP Hywel Williams has also called for more details of the plans.Caernarfon MP Hywel Williams has also called for more details of the plans.
He said he was still confident the prison scheme would go ahead but called on the ministry to make an announcement as soon as possible.He said he was still confident the prison scheme would go ahead but called on the ministry to make an announcement as soon as possible.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said on Wednesday: "We are completing our governance process and will respond to the site owners in due course."A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said on Wednesday: "We are completing our governance process and will respond to the site owners in due course."