Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff worked in HM Prison Berwyn prior to it opening to prisoners; and what the total cost of that staffing was for that time period.
Information on staffing in the National Offender Management Service, including the number of staff in HMP Berwyn, is available in our Workforce Statistics Bulletin published quarterly on gov.uk, which can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-quarterly-december-2016.
The total cost of staffing HMP Berwyn as of the 31 December 2016 was £2,104,933.