Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent from the public purse on (a) hotels and (b) other expenses for prison officers on detached duty in the last 12 months.
We are able to provide data on hotels and rail bookings. Please see table below:
Month | No. Hotel Bookings | Total Cost Hotels | No. Rail Bookings | Total Cost Rail |
Dec 2016 | 533 | £152,215.55 | 526 | £17,336.35 |
Jan 2017 | 751 | £190,440.04 | 666 | £25,827.50 |
Feb 2017 | 602 | £179,890.49 | 612 | £23,212.35 |
March 2017 | 633 | £208,199.35 | 622 | £26.340.40 |
April 2017 | 552 | £190,137.31 | 621 | £21,957.80 |
May 2017 | 566 | £196,172.76 | 512 | £20,666.00 |
June 2017 | 515 | £185,084.90 | 505 | £21,249.55 |
July 2017 | 671 | £230,523.78 | 499 | £22,496.65 |
August 2017 | 857 | £289,386.37 | 489 | £20,727.25 |
September 2017 | 767 | £279.052.29 | 516 | £24,143.40 |
October 2017 | 837 | £320,363.26 | 566 | £26,363.60 |
November 2017 | 845 | £267,479.50 | 565 | £23,858.50 |
Total | 8129 | £2,409,893.31 | 6699 | £247,838.95 |