§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the PFI contracts entered into since 1997, indicating(a) the value of the PFI, (b) the name of the successful contractor, (c) those PFIs which have benefited from refinancing arrangements, (d) the value of the benefit accrued to the company concerned and (e) the extent of the clawback. [4532]
§ Mr. BlunkettFrom the best information available, I list the details requested.
are being held in prisons in England (a) whose last place of residence before sentence was in Wales or (b) who have requested a transfer to prison in Wales; [5200]
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- (2) are being held in prisons in Wales (a) whose last place of residence before sentence was in England and (b) who have requested a transfer to prison in England; [5201]
- (3) how many life sentence prisoners are (a) held in prisons in England who were sentenced in Wales and (b) held in prisons in Wales who were sentenced in England; [5199]
- (4) how many life sentence prisoners are held in prisons in (a) England and (b) Wales. [5198]
§ Beverley Hughes[holding answer 19 July 2001]Provisional information shows that on 31 August 2001 there were 30 life sentence prisoners in prisons in Wales, and 4,925 in prisons in England. Of the 30 in prisons in Wales, provisional information shows that 21 were committed at courts in England, and of those in prisons in England 193 were committed in courts in Wales.
There are no data held centrally of the last place of residence for a prisoner before they were sent to prison in England and Wales. Offenders tend to be sentenced in a court nearest to their place of residence so the numbers give an approximation of whether the last place of residence was in England or Wales. Data on requests for transfers are not held centrally by the Prison Service.