(2) how many prisoners have been transferred between prisons during their sentence since April 2007; and if he will make a statement.
Details of expenditure on inter-prison transfer services by the inter-prison transfer contractor for each financial year since 2001-02 are set out in the following table. Data are not available for financial years 1997-98 to 2000-01.
Financial year Cost (£) 2001-02 5,390,061 2002-03 5,390,061 2003-04 5,147,078 2004-05 5,798,057 2005-06 5,786,057 2006-07 7,906,739 2007-08 (to February) 7,006,886
The following table shows the number of inter-prison transfers under the inter-prison transfer contract in each month since April 2007. A breakdown of the number of transfers of sentenced and unsentenced prisoners under the inter-prison transfer contract is not held separately.
Inter-prison Transfers April 2007 5,302 May 2007 6,183 June 2007 6,028 July 2007 7,253 August 2007 6,341 September 2007 6,185 October 2007 6,504 November 2007 6,428 December 2007 5,297 January 2008 6,838 February 2008 6,256
In addition to this there are prisoner transfers that are managed locally. These are not recorded centrally.