23 Jan 2008 : Column 2108W—continued
Operation Safeguard
Jenny Willott:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department has been invoiced for costs incurred under Operation Safeguard in each month since it came into force, broken down by police force; and if he will make a statement. [179090]
Mr. Hanson:
Police forces involved in Operation Safeguard charge NOMS in arrears for the cost of making police cells available to accommodate prisoners.
Safeguard use began again in October 2006 but no invoices were paid between October and December 2006.
23 Jan 2008 : Column 2109W
We cannot provide accurate figures for the cost of Operation Safeguard per police force per month because invoices usually only provide the overall period covered, which may be several months.
23 Jan 2008 : Column 2110W
However, the following tables show the amounts paid in each month in 2007, broken down by police force, and the value of currently outstanding invoices.
| Police force | January | February | March | April | May | June | July |
|
ACPO
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
56,239.81
|
—
|
—
|
57,898.09
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
374,788.74
|
|
Cheshire
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
701,875.38
|
—
|
—
|
|
Cumbria
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
28,558.28
|
|
Derbyshire
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
151,809.50
|
—
|
163,653.68
|
—
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
70,486.36
|
—
|
—
|
221,132.80
|
|
Dorset
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
101,211.01
|
—
|
|
Durham
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
143,397.37
|
52,271.08
|
128,655.09
|
177,277.66
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
48,107.05
|
28,858.96
|
38,547.56
|
—
|
53,562.21
|
—
|
151,040.56
|
|
Essex
|
—
|
158,322.86
|
—
|
—
|
496,417.95
|
179,637.95
|
387,088.75
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
85,367.87
|
—
|
—
|
665,178.66
|
|
Gwent
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Hampshire
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
543,460.70
|
|
Kent
|
—
|
109,933.41
|
469.31
|
195,887.94
|
—
|
88,112.96
|
279,960.86
|
|
Lancashire
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
172,651.00
|
|
Leicestershire
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
81,571.06
|
—
|
—
|
132,847.87
|
112,837.86
|
95,047.14
|
87,928.96
|
|
Merseyside
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
418,089.45
|
—
|
—
|
|
Metropolitan
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
741,392.96
|
—
|
1,274,957.99
|
|
North Wales
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
186,284.18
|
52,202.23
|
—
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
—
|
—
|
214,667.02
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
215,202.38
|
|
Northumbria
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
100,682.00
|
—
|
—
|
152,778.00
|
|
South Wales
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
734,764.65
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
66,549.07
|
|
Suffolk
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
124,681.07
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Sussex
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
133,925.42
|
|
Thames Valley
|
—
|
187,736.42
|
201,926.74
|
130,181.32
|
-270.00
|
—
|
324,730.41
|
|
West Midlands
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
393,469.77
|
—
|
334,387.20
|
|
Warwickshire
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
99,488.63
|
—
|
—
|
192,315.36
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
73,729.71
|
152,420.21
|
95,346.77
|
—
|
|
Wiltshire
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
55,379.17
|
|
Total
|
129,678.11
|
484,851.65
|
455,610.63
|
1,364,799.45
|
3,308,351.05
|
903,866.83
|
6,631,954.71
|
