Prison Officers

(asked on 13th December 2017) - View Source

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.


Answered by
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Rory Stewart
This question was answered on 16th January 2018

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

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