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Financial year	Number of transfers
2002	71,145
2003	72,746
2004	70,128
2005	68,430
2006 (to March)	71,809

Prisoners: Age

Mr. Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are aged (a) 50 to 64 years and (b) 65 years and over. [129926]

Mr. Sutcliffe: There were (a) 5,507 prisoners aged 50 to 64 years and (b) 1,036 prisoners aged 65 and over detained in prison establishments in England and Wales as at 31 January 2007.

These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Prisoners: Foreigners

Mr. Wilshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) convicted prisoners and (b) offenders who had completed their sentence were kept in prison pending deportation, in each of the last five years, broken down by prison establishment; and what the cost of keeping such people in prison was in each facility. [128495]

Mr. Byrne: The information requested for the time period concerned is not available.

The Director General of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate wrote to the Home Affairs Committee on 19 February 2007 and provided the latest information held by the Department on deportation matters. A copy of this correspondence was placed in the Library of the House.

Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners from (a) EU countries and (b) countries outside the EU are serving sentences in England and Wales; and what the number was in each of the last three years. [131387]

Mr. Sutcliffe: Information on the numbers of prisoners in prison establishments in England and Wales from European Union countries and countries outside the EU between June 2005 and February 2007 can be found in the following table.

These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Prison population of all prison establishments in England and Wales showing numbers from EU and outside EU, 2005 to 2007
	30 June 2005	30 June 2006	28 February 2007
Non-British EU Nationals	2,012	2,324	2,469
Non-EU Foreign Nationals	7,639	8,554	8,774
Not Recorded	869	944	879
UK Nationals	65,670	66,160	67,459
Total	76,190	77,982	79,581

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The following is a link to show European Union membership.

http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1139991776535

Prisoners: Human Rights

Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent prisoners in (a) state and (b) privately-run prisons are protected by the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998. [130847]

Mr. Sutcliffe: Within the member states of the Council of Europe, human rights standards in places of detention are monitored by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture who have established a system of regular visits to places of detention.

The Human Rights Act 1998 brought the European Convention of Human Rights into UK law. The Convention contains absolute, limited and qualified rights. Article 5 (the right to liberty) is limited under explicit circumstances, specifically where detention is authorised by law. Prisoners remain covered by the Act but some interference with qualified rights comes with detention, e.g. Article 8 (the right to respect for private family life, home and correspondence). Such interference is permissible if it can be shown to be necessary and proportionate.

Responsibility for considering different aspects of equality and human rights in relation to prisoners is shared between staff responsible for setting policy and those responsible for managing and operating prisons. The issues are considered in all policy decisions and covered in mainstream training.

If adhered to, the policies contained in Prison Service Orders and Standards which underpin Prison Rules, represent a good framework within which the prisons support the UK obligations under treaties such as the United Nations Convention against Torture and the European Convention on Human Rights.

Prisoners: Humberside

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department spent on reimbursing the relatives of prisoners in the Humber region for Humber Bridge tolls incurred whilst visiting prisoners in each of the last three years. [130536]

Mr. Sutcliffe: This information is not routinely collected and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Prisoners: Location

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were held in prisons over 50 miles from their homes in each of the last five years. [125548]

John Reid: The information requested is provided in the following table. Where no home address is listed for a prisoner, the committal court is used as a proxy address.

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	Snapshot of number of prisoners held over 50 miles from their homes (to nearest 100)
2002	25,700
2003	26,800
2004	27,300
2005	27,600
2006	27,800

Prisoners: Per Capita Costs

Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average cost was of keeping a prisoner in each (a) prison establishment and (b) young offender institution in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [130807]

Mr. Sutcliffe [holding answer 29 March 2007]: The following table shows the 2005-06 cost per prisoner for each prison establishment, broken down by function. This includes all young offender institutes (YOI).

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Cost per prisoner for each prison establishment 2005-06
Function Group	Establishment name	Cost per prisoner (£)
Male Closed YOI	Aylesbury	33,269
Male Closed YOI	Brinsford	37,327
Male Closed YOI	Castington	38,653
Male Closed YOI	Deerbolt	34,554
Male Closed YOI	Feltham	56,486
Male Closed YOI	Glen Parva	28,269
Male Closed YOI	Hindley	41,684
Male Closed YOI	Lancaster Farms	32,156
Male Closed YOI	Northallerton	31,927
Male Closed YOI	Portland	31,356
Male Closed YOI	Reading	32,479
Male Closed YOI	Rochester	24,885
Male Closed YOI	Stoke Heath	30,072
Male Closed YOI	Swinfen Hall	26,691
Male Open YOI	Thorn Cross	36,163
Male Juvenile	Huntercombe	44,226
Male Juvenile	Warren Hill	51,080
Male Juvenile	Wellington	52,185
Male Juvenile	Wetherby	39,366
Male Category B	Albany	23,326
Male Category B	Garth	25,781
Male Category B	Gartree	30,610
Male Category B	Grendon	29,253
Male Category B	High Down	23,295
Male Category B	Kingston	32,521
Male Category B	Parkhurst	30,781
Male Category B	Swaleside	20,629
Male Category C	Acklington	18,002
Male Category C	Ashwell	20,304
Male Category C	Blundeston	25,318
Male Category C	Buckley Hall(1)	38,008
Male Category C	Camp Hill	21,514
Male Category C	Canterbury	23,839
Male Category C	Channings Wood	21,581
Male Category C	Coldingley	24,100
Male Category C	Dartmoor	26,007
Male Category C	Edmunds Hill(1)	39,093
Male Category C	Erlestoke	21,872
Male Category C	Everthorpe	20,483
Male Category C	Featherstone	22,996
Male Category C	Guys Marsh	19,407
Male Category C	Haverigg	21,740
Male Category C	Highpoint	18,263
Male Category C	Lancaster	28,426
Male Category C	Lindholme	25,988
Male Category C	Littlehey	18,672
Male Category C	Maidstone	21,332
Male Category C	Moorland	21,703
Male Category C	Mount	21,497
Male Category C	Onley	30,187
Male Category C	Ranby	21,401
Male Category C	Risley	18,792
Male Category C	Shepton Mallet	30,686
Male Category C	Stafford	20,398
Male Category C	Stocken	20,485
Male Category C	Usk\Prescoed	21,470
Male Category C	Verne	18,508
Male Category C	Wayland	17,429
Male Category C	Wealstun	21,019
Male Category C	Weare(2)	n/a
Male Category C	Wellingborough	24,583
Male Category C	Whatton	30,604
Male Category C	Wymott	21,476
Male Dispersal	Frankland	49,179
Male Dispersal	Full Sutton	46,901
Male Dispersal	Long Lartin	50,957
Male Dispersal	Wakefield	43,351
Male Dispersal	Whitemoor	66,224
Female closed	Bullwood Hall	53,548
Female closed	Cookham Wood	37,938
Female closed	Downview	37,349
Female closed	Foston Hall	37,602
Female closed	Send	32,273
Female local	Brockhill	49,832
Female local	Eastwood Park	37,915
Female local	Holloway	53,256
Female local	Low Newton	40,849
Female local	New Hall	46,470
Female local	Styal	36,460
Female open	Askham Grange	32,877
Female open	East Sutton Park	24,594
Male Local	Bedford	23,808
Male Local	Belmarsh	42,323
Male Local	Birmingham	21,592
Male Local	Blakenhurst	18,442
Male Local	Bristol	30,476
Male Local	Brixton	28,050
Male Local	Bullingdon	22,083
Male Local	Cardiff	23,546
Male Local	Chelmsford	27,659
Male Local	Dorchester	28,768
Male Local	Durham	28,504
Male Local	Elmley	18,230
Male Local	Exeter	25,621
Male Local	Gloucester	30,501
Male Local	Holme House	22,218
Male Local	Hull	21,872
Male Local	Leeds	21,982
Male Local	Leicester	31,509
Male Local	Lewes	22,349
Male Local	Lincoln	30,124
Male Local	Liverpool	22,119
Male Local	Manchester	26,885
Male Local	Norwich	21,791
Male Local	Nottingham	28,011
Male Local	Pentonville	22,778
Male Local	Preston	28,063
Male Local	Shrewsbury	28,998
Male Local	Swansea	25,990
Male Local	Wandsworth	21,711
Male Local	Winchester	24,657
Male Local	Woodhill	38,393
Male Local	Wormwood Scrubs	23,177
Male Open	Ford	14,905
Male Open	Hewell Grange	27,536
Male Open	Hollesley Bay	28,929
Male Open	Kirkham	29,248
Male Open	Leyhill	25,935
Male Open	North Sea Camp	21,289
Male Open	Standford Hill	20,858
Male Open	Sudbury	17,076
Semi Open	Blantyre House	24,105
Semi Open	Dover	32,438
Semi Open	Drake Hall	29,083
Semi Open	Haslar	35,712
Semi Open	Kirklevington	19,266
Semi Open	Latchmere House	16,515
Semi Open	Morton Hall	29,565
Contracted prisons	Altcourse	33,141
Contracted prisons	Ashfield	60,025
Contracted prisons	Bronzefield	47,774
Contracted prisons	Doncaster	18,999
Contracted prisons	Dovegate	28,684
Contracted prisons	Forest Bank	22,269
Contracted prisons	Lowdham Grange	25,576
Contracted prisons	Parc	33,742
Contracted prisons	Rye Hill	24,954
Contracted prisons	Wolds	23,258
(1) Prisons re-roled from female to male during 2005-06 (2) HMP Weare closed in August 2005.

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