§ Mr. McCabeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the monetary grant made available to all prisoners on release from custodial sentence is greater if a prisoner states no fixed abode as their address. [157994]
§ Paul GogginsA higher rate of discharge grant (£94.40) is paid to prisoners on release only if there is a need to seek, obtain and pay for accommodation. It is only paid to prisoners with no accommodation arranged in advance if this arises through no fault of the prisoner. Otherwise the standard rates of discharge grant paid are £46.75 (for prisoners aged 25 and older) or £37 (for prisoners aged 18 to 24).