To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much the National Offender Management Service has cost in each year since its inception. (240699)

The creation of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) was announced in January 2004. The Resource and Capital expenditure outturn (DEL and AME) in each year are given in the following table.

Figures for 2004-05 to 2006-07 are taken from the Ministry of Justice Departmental Report 2007-8. Figures for 2007-08 are derived from the Ministry of Justice Annual Accounts 2007-08

The figures reflect the structure of NOMS before the creation of the new NOMS Agency from 2008-09.