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Prison Service

Volume 448: debated on Wednesday 12 July 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of staff employed in the London area office of HM Prison Service receive the RHS allowance; and if he will make a statement. (74016)

It is assumed the hon. Member is referring to Required Hours Addition (RHA). Of the 29 staff employed in the London area office, four are currently in receipt of RHA.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding charities have received from the Prison Service in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of the total prison service budget this represented in each year. (84402)

The Prison Service works with many charities that provide a service to the Prison Service for which they are remunerated. However, the accounting system does not identify charitable organisations and the total paid to these organisations could be provided only at a disproportionate cost to the benefit. The following table shows the donations made by the Prison Service in the last five years.

Donations to charities by the Prison Service 2001-06

Donation

Percentage of spend (less than)

2005-06

115,197

0.1

2004-05

101,518

0.1

2003-04

150,027

0.1

2002-03

45,133

0.1

2001-02

21,066

0.1

Note: As a result of changes to the accounting systems to obtain information for earlier years could be done only at a disproportionate cost.