Written question asked by Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 23 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 November 2005. It was answered by Fiona Mactaggart (Labour) on Thursday, 1 December 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.
Prisoners
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the costs per minute to prisoners are of calls from prison to (a) local, (b) national, (c) international and (d) mobile lines.
- Answer
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The rate for national and local calls within the UK is identical at 11p per minute (10p minimum charge for 55 seconds plus 1p for each 5.5 seconds or part thereof).Calls to Mobiles within the UK are charged at the following rates:
Pence Monday to Friday 08.01–18.00 63.0 Monday to Thursday 18.01–08.00 37.5 Friday 18.01–24.00 37.5 00.01 Saturday to 24.00 Sunday 19.0 International calls are charged at the rates in the following table:
All charges are per minute @ £0.00 Country BT charge band BT price Afghanistan 13 3.00 Albania 3 1.00 Algeria 3 1.00 Andorra 1 0.75 Angola 13 3.00 Anguilla 5 1.20 Antarctica Aus Try 13 3.00 Antigua and Barbuda 5 1.20 Antilles (Dutch) 8 2.00 Argentina 10 2.40 Armenia 8 2.00 Aruba 8 2.00 Ascension Island 13 3.00 Australia 6 1.00 Austria 2 0.75 Azerbaijan Republic a8 2.40 Azores 1 0.75 Bahamas 5 1.20 Bahrain 8 2.00 Bangladesh 12 2.00 Barbados 5 1.20 Belarus a8 2.40 Belgium a1 0.66 Belize 8 2.00 Benin 10 2.40 Bermuda 5 1.20 Bhutan 14 3.00 Bolivia 13 3.00 Bosnia Herzegovina 3 1.00 Botswana 10 2.40 Brazil 10 2.40 Brunei Darussalam 14 3.00 Bulgaria 3 1.00 Burkina Faso 13 3.00 Burundi 13 3.00 Cambodia 17 3.00 Cameroon 10 2.40 Canada 4 0.75 Canary Islands 1 0.75 Cape Verde 13 3.00 Cayman Islands 5 1.20 Cent African Rep 13 3.00 Chad 13 3.00 Chatham Island 6 1.00 Chile 10 2.40 China 14 3.00 Christmas Island 6 1.00 Cocos Islands 6 1.00 Colombia 13 3.00 Comoros 10 2.40 Congo 13 3.00 Cook Islands 13 3.00 Costa Rica 10 2.40 Cote d'Ivoire 10 2.40 Croatia 3 1.00 Cuba 13 3.00 Cyprus 2 0.75 Czech republic 2 0.75 Denmark a1 0.66 Diego Garcia 13 3.00 Djibouti 13 3.00 Dominica 5 1.20 Dominican Republic 5 1.20 East Timor 17 3.00 Ecuador 13 3.00 Egypt 9 2.40 El Salvador 10 2.40 Equatorial Guinea 13 3.00 Eritrea 10 2.40 Estonia a8 2.40 Ethiopia 10 2.40 Falkland Islands 13 3.00 Faroe Islands 1 0.75 Fiji 13 3.00 Finland 2 0.75 France a1 0.66 French Guiana 13 3.00 French Polynesia 13 3.00 Gabon 10 2.40 Gambia 10 2.40 Georgia 8 2.00 Germany a1 0.66 Ghana 10 2.40 Gibraltar 1 0.75 Greece 1 0.75 Greenland 13 3.00 Grenada 5 1.20 Guadeloupe 8 2.00 Guam 13 3.00 Guatemala 10 2.40 Guinea 13 3.00 Guinea Bissau 13 3.00 Guyana 8 2.00 Haiti 8 2.00 Honduras 10 2.40 Hong Kong 7 1.00 Hungary 2 0.75 Iceland 3 1.00 India 16 2.00 Indonesia 14 3.00 Iran 10 2.40 Iraq 10 2.40 Ireland (Republic of) IR 0.66 Israel a8 2.40 Italy (+ Vatican City) 1 0.75 Jamaica 5 1.20 Japan 1 1.50 Jordan 9 2.40 Kazakhstan a8 2.40 Kenya 10 2.40 Kiribati 13 3.00 Korea (North) 13 3.00 Korea (South) 14 3.00 Kuwait 8 2.00 Kyrgyz Republic a8 2.40 Laos 13 3.00 Latvia a8 2.40 Lebanon 9 2.40 Lesotho 10 2.40 Liberia 10 2.40 Libya 3 1.00 Liechtenstein a1 0.66 Lithuania a8 2.40 Luxembourg a1 0.66 Macao 14 3.00 Macedonia 3 1.00 Madagascar 13 3.00 Madeira 1 0.75 Malawi 10 2.40 Malaysia 11 1.50 Maldives 13 3.00 Mali 13 3.00 Malta 2 0.75 Marshall Island 13 3.00 Martinique 8 2.00 Mauritania 13 3.00 Mauritius 10 2.40 Mayotte 10 2.40 Mexico 14 3.00 Micronesia 13 3.00 Midway Island 17 3.00 Moldova 8 2.00 Monaco 1 0.75 Mongolia 13 3.00 Montserrat 5 1.20 Morocco 3 1.00 Mozambique 13 3.00 Myanmar 13 3.00 Namibia 10 2.40 Nauru 13 3.00 Nepal 14 3.00 Netherlands a1 0.66 New Caledonia 13 3.00 New Zealand 6 1.00 Nicaragua 10 2.40 Niger 13 3.00 Nigeria 15 2.40 Niue 13 3.00 Norfolk Island 13 3.00 Northern Marianas 13 3.00 Norway 2 0.75 Oman 8 2.00 Pakistan 12 2.00 Palau 13 3.00 Panama 10 2.40 Papua New Guinea 13 3.00 Paraguay 10 2.40 Peru 10 2.40 Philippines 14 3.00 Pitcairn Islands 13 3.00 Poland 2 0.75 Portugal 1 0.75 Puerto Rico 5 1.20 Qatar 8 2.00 Reunion 13 3.00 Rodriguez Islands 10 2.40 Romania a8 2.40 Russia a8 2.40 Rwandese Republic 13 3.00 Samoa (US) 13 3.00 Samoa (Western) 13 3.00 San Marino 1 0.75 S Tome and Principe 13 3.00 Saudi Arabia 8 2.00 Senegal 10 2.40 Seychelles 10 2.40 Sierra Leone 10 2.40 Singapore 7 1.00 Slovak Republic 2 0.75 Slovakia 3 1.00 Slovenia 3 1.00 Solomon Islands 13 3.00 Somalia 10 2.40 South Africa a8 2.40 Spain 1 0.75 Sri Lanka 12 2.00 St. Helena 13 3.00 St. Kitts and Nevis 5 1.20 St. Lucia 5 1.20 St. Pierre and Miquelon 5 1.20 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5 1.20 Sudan 10 2.40 Suriname 10 2.40 Swaziland 10 2.40 Sweden a1 0.66 Switzerland a1 0.66 Syria 9 2.40 Taiwan 14 3.00 Tajikistan a8 2.40 Tanzania 10 2.40 Thailand 14 3.00 Togolese 10 2.40 Tokelau 13 3.00 Tonga 13 3.00 Trinidad and Tobago 5 1.20 Tristan Da Cunha 13 3.00 Tunisia 3 1.00 Turkey 3 1.00 Turkmenistan a8 2.40 Turks and Caicos Islands 5 1.20 Tuvalu 13 3.00 US Virgin Islands 5 1.20 US Virgin Islands 5 1.20 Uganda 10 2.40 Ukraine a8 2.40 United Arab Emirates 8 2.00 Uruguay 10 2.40 USA 4 0.75 Uzbekistan a8 2.40 Vanuatu 13 3.00 Vatican City (Italy) 1 0.75 Venezuela 10 2.40 Vietnam 13 3.00 Wake Island 17 3.00 Wallis and Futuna 17 3.00 Yemen 10 2.40 Zaire 13 3.00 Zambia 10 2.40 Zimbabwe 10 2.40
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 440 c758-61W;440 c758-61W; 32886
- Session
- 2005-06
- Subjects
- Costs Prisoners Prisons Telephones
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