HC Deb 25 October 1985 vol 84 c267W
Mr. Tom Cox

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the financial allowances paid to prison officers towards removal expenses when being transferred to another prison.

Mr. Mellor

A prison officer who is compulsorily transferred from one prison to another beyond daily travelling distance is entiteld to claim reimbursement of all costs necessarily incurred in moving his home.