Probation and Prison Services

HC Deb 14 May 2004 vol 421 c610W

Mrs. Helen Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the budget outturn for(a) the National Probation Service and (b) HM Prison Service was for (i) 2002–03 and 2003–04. [166594]

Paul Goggins

The National Probation Service budget outturn for 2002–03 was £693.3 million. The forecast outturn for 2003–04 is £851.0 million and includes £80 million for Electronic Monitoring, which was not part of the service in the previous year.

The Prison Service budget outturn for 2002–03 was £2,636 million. The forecast outturn for 2003–04 is £2,377 million. The 2003–04 figures exclude the costs of the privately managed prisons (£173.6 million) and include income from the Department of Health to meet Prison Healthcare of £130 million.