Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2018 to Question 131180, how much commercial income there was from (a) prison shops, (b) industries and (c) farms in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016 and (iii) 2017.

Income from the sale of goods and services for external sales from industries and retail prison shops for financial years 2015/16 and 2016/17 are published in the 2016/17 National Offender Management Service’s Annual Report and Accounts. The information requested can be found on page 112 within the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/630533/6.3329_NOMS_AR_180717_19_July_web.pdf.

Figures for the 2017/18 financial year will be published once they are audited and finalised after the end of March.

Information on income generated from prison farms is not recorded or collated separately.