To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the budget is for (a) the National Offender Management Service and (b) the regional offender managers for 2006-07. (88006)

The delegated resource budget for the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) (this includes the Prison Service, National Probation Service and Youth Justice Board as well as NOMS HQ) for the year 2006-07 is £4,294,248,000; the delegated capital budget is £380,478,000.

The total delegated resource budget for the Regional Offender Managers’ offices for 2006-07 is £11,780,682.