Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 38680

Prison Sentences and Reoffenders: Costs

Tabled: 17 March 2025
Answered: 24 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Kim Johnson

LabourLiverpool Riverside

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost is for processing (a) a fixed term and (b) an emergency recall to prison.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
The process of recalling an offender to custody, whether for a fixed-term or in an emergency, involves activity and administration on the part of the Probation Service (which requests recall); officials in HM Prison and Probation Service (who revoke the o...

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