§ Mr. Woodnuttasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the annual cost of conveying Mr. Adam Ogilvie from Parkhurst Prison to Perth Prison for accumulated visits; what is the number of escorts required; and what time is taken on the journey both ways.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsJourneys of this nature are not organised individually but as part of a standard procedure for the transfer of prisoners from one establishment to another, making use of certain prisons as collecting centres and staging posts. It is not possible to give the costs in one specific case, but Ogilvie's journey would not increase the overall expenditure on escorts. Allowing for stops at prisons to make connections with other escorts the journey from Parkhurst to Perth took 14 days. Ogilvie is now at Durham prison awaiting an escort to Parkhurst.