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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. | 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, MP | At 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 Ward 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." |