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Written question asked by Paul Maynard (Conservative) on Wednesday, 1 December 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 3 December 2010. It was answered by Crispin Blunt (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 December 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Assisted Prison Visits Unit

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what expenditure his Department incurred on the Assisted Prison Visits Unit in each of the last five years.
Answer

Expenditure on assisted prison visits for each of the last five years is shown in the following table.

£
APVS Administration costs
2009-10 2,343,132 673,424
2008-09 2,171,000 710,000
2007-08 2,170,000 693,000
2006-07 1,941,000 697,000
2005-06 1,973,000 680,000

The Assisted Prison Visits Unit comprises the Assisted Prison Visits scheme (APVS), the NOMS Prisoner Location Service (PLS) and the NOMS Victim helpline (VH).


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
28943; 520 c185W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Expenditure Assisted Prison Visits Unit
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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