To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many prisoners held at HMP Peterborough accessed legal aid in the 12 months to 30 September 2006; how much such aid has cost the public purse; and if she will make a statement. (95411)

The information is not available for the following reasons:

not all applicants give the prison’s postcode as their permanent address which would prevent identification in data extraction; and

it is also likely that many applicants will be represented by solicitors from outside the Peterborough area and identifying these cases would involve disproportionate costs.