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Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 January 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 16 January 2015 (named day). It was answered by Mike Penning (Conservative) on Friday, 16 January 2015 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Prisons: Crimes of Violence

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoner claims for damage for possessions or injury sustained during acts of concerted indiscipline were settled in each year since 2010; what the total value of those claims was in each such year; what the largest single amount paid to a prisoner under such a claim was in each such year; and to what type of incident each of those payments related.

Answer

An answer to this question can only be provided at disproportionate cost.

We do not record concerted indiscipline as category when making payments through the civil litigation process. Moreover, compensation payments to prisoners for lost or damaged property can be made through civil litigation, internal complaints, or as a result of recommendations made by the Prison and Probation Ombudsman and by the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

To determine the total amount of compensation payments made would require a trawl through thousands of records held at every public sector prison and in NOMS headquarters.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
220585
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Compensation Discipline Crimes of violence Prisoners Prisons
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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