To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which organisations have received (a) free and (b) discounted room hire from (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in each of the last five years; and what the commercial value of the discount was in each case. (221576)

The full information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

However, Her Majesty’s Court Service (HMCS) provide free of charge room hire to organisations that directly support the work of the courts. These include the Crown Prosecution Service, Probation Service, Victim and Witness Service, Police, Shorthand Writers, Press and WRVS. HMCS also hire out to organisations that support the Court Service for training purposes and a system has recently been put in place to record the information requested. Therefore, income for this financial year is currently £3,190.

NOMS/HMPS and the Tribunal Service have confirmed they do not hire out rooms.