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Prisoners: Legal Advice and Assistance

Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 27 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost was of legal advice for prisoners in adjudication proceedings in each of the last three years in each prison. (189442)

The cost of legal advice for adjudication proceedings is not recorded separately. The Legal Services Commission (LSC) record the cost of adjudication proceedings under the category of assistance at prison discipline hearings. The cost of this category for the last three years are:

Financial year

£000

2004-05

900

2005-06

1,565

2006-07

2,380

The costs cannot be attributed to individual prisons, as the LSC does not record this information.