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Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much prisoners have to pay to order a book through the inter-library loan system.


Answered by
Jeremy Wright Portrait
Jeremy Wright
This question was answered on 8th April 2014

The NOMS policy on prisoner retail allows prisoners (via prison staff) to order books from approved mail order providers. This is at the discretion of the Governor.

An inter-library loan request service, facilitated by the librarian or library assistant, enables prisoners to request books in the same way as library users in the community.

No charge is made for prisoners using the inter-library loan service. Where a special request is necessary, for example to the British Library, a charge will be made. This is consistent with the policy applied to service users in the community.

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