Prisons: Locks and Keys
(asked on 13th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions a prison has had to be relocked because of the loss or theft of keys between (a) July 2015 and July 2020, (b) July 2020 and July 2021, (c) July 2021 and July 2022, (d) July 2020 and July 2023; and what the cost of each such incident was.
The table below shows the number of incidents and cost of relock within prisons in England and Wales due to loss or theft of keys, for the time period requested.
Date | Number of Relocks | Cost (excluding VAT) |
July 15 to July 20 | 6 | £117,211.50 £422,447.46 £438,525.29 £441,649.00 £21,304.70 £323,151.44 |
July 20-July 21 | 2 | £2,821.40 £313,139.66 |
July 21-July 22 | 0 | 0 |
July 22-July 23 | 2 | £28, 650 £29,187.59 |