To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost to the public purse was of transferring prisoners to Crown Dependencies in each of the last five years. (317133)

The cost of the transferring prisoners from England and Wales to the three Crown Dependencies (Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man) was as follows:

The costs shown cover the cost of the flights for the prisoner and escorting staff. The cost of transferring the prisoner from a prison to the airport is covered by the inter prison transfer contract and is not separately recorded. The cost of transfer before 2006 was met from the contract in place at the time. Costs incurred under that contract were not separately recorded.