§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the cost of escorting all prisoners in the Metropolitan police district in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from D. Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 12 January 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the cost of escorting prisoners in the Metropolitan Police area in each of the last five years.
This information is not readily available in the form which you require and could only be obtained in that form at disproportionate cost. In preparation for the contracting out of the court escort and custody service in the Metropolitan Police District, however, estimates were made, in a special exercise, of the costs for the financial years 1994–95; 1995–96 and 1996–97. These estimated costs were £28.468 million for 1994–95; £29.283 million for 1995–96 and £29.816 million for 1996–97. These figures include the cost of custody of prisoners at court, but exclude the costs of escorting and of court custody of category A prisoners.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the cost of escorting category A prisoners in the Metropolitan police district in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from D. Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 12 January 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the cost of escorting Category A prisoners in the Metropolitan Police district in each of the last five years.
Information in the form requested is not readily available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.