HL Deb 23 July 2001 vol 626 cc157-8WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the budget for the chaplaincy at HM Prisons Ashwell, Gartree, Long Lartin, Sudbury, the Verne and Wandsworth; and what items are covered by this budget. [HL387]

Lord Rooker

While prison establishments have a specific budget earmarked for equipment, materials and expenses for the conduct of religious education and activities, this does not include the salary and related costs for full-time chaplains and the fees paid to visiting ministers which cannot be immediately separated from other salary and agency fee budgets. When all the relevant funding provision for the establishments concerned has been identified, I will write to the noble Lord and place a copy in the Library of the House.