Prison Officers

(asked on 30th January 2024) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2024 to Question 7947 on Prison Officers, what the total cost to the public purse was for the provision of prison officers on detached duty in 2023.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
This question was answered on 5th February 2024

As data on travel, subsistence and accommodation in relation to detached duty are not separately identified, it is not possible to provide the information requested.

The calculation of the average additional cost associated with deployment of staff on detached duty given in response to Question 7947 included some estimated figures: for example, for the average length of journeys.

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