Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 73335

Prisoner Escorts

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 4 September 2025

Named Day

Question

Jayne Kirkham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department imposes fines on private prisoner escort contractors for delays in journeys longer than 100 miles.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

Financial penalties, known as “service credits,” are applied to Prisoner Escort and Custody Service (PECS) suppliers on any occasion where a courtroom delay has occurred because of failure by the contractor.Some individual journeys where the straight-line...

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