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Office of Public Sector Information: Marketing
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer of 14 September 2009, Official Report, column 2153W, on third sector, which Minister took the decision to rebrand Her Majesty's Stationery Office to the Office of Public Sector Information; and whether Her Majesty was consulted. [305061]
Mr. Wills: Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) was not re-branded the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) and continues to exist and fulfil its core activities, including responsibility for the publication of legislation and the management of Crown copyright operating from within The National Archives. In 2005, OPSI was created as a result of implementing the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005 No. 1515). The decision to create OPSI was taken by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster as the Minister responsible for the Cabinet Office. Activities relating to these regulations are undertaken under the OPSI name. OPSI merged with The National Archives in 2006. The National Archives is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice, for which I have responsibility. Her Majesty was consulted on these changes when they took place.
Pathogens Access Appeals Commission
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what remuneration the chair of the Pathogens Access Appeals Commission receives.; [304314]
(2) how many people worked for the Pathogens Access Appeals Commission in each of the last three years; [304315]
(3) how much the Pathogens Access Appeals Commission cost in each of the last three years. [304316]
Mr. Straw: The fee for the Chair of the Pathogens Access Appeals Commission (PAAC) is £894 per day. There has been no remuneration to the Chair, as no appeals have been submitted to the PAAC. Any appeals received would be administered by staff from existing tribunals. The Department has incurred no direct costs.
Prison Accommodation
Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) operating costs and (b) figures for (i) funding, (ii) operational capacity and (iii) certified nominal accommodation were for each prison in 2008-09; and what the average (A) cost of a prisoner place and (B) prison population was in 2008-09. [303926]
Maria Eagle: The net establishment level operating costs and figures for funding, operational capacity and certified normal accommodation for each public sector prison in 2008-09 are shown in the following tables.
The average establishment level direct cost of a prisoner place in 2008-09 was £30,328.
The average prison population in 2008-09 was 82,830.
The cost figures provided are net resource expenditure met and recorded locally against each prison. They do not include net expenditure met at regional or national level against central budgets.
Private prisons are operated through contracts between the contractors and NOMS, as a result operating costs are included in the table but not budgets.
Expenditure met by other Government Departments (e.g. education and health) is not included in the figures.
| Male category B | ||||
| (a) | (b) (i) | (b) (ii) | (b) (iii) | |
| Establishment name | Operating costs (direct net expenditure) (£) | Budget (£) | Operational capacity (March 2009) | Average baseline - certified normal accommodation |
| Male category C | ||||
| (a) | (b) (i) | (b) (ii) | (b) (iii) | |
| Establishment name | Operating costs (direct net expenditure) (£) | Budget (£) | Operational capacity (March 2009) | Average baseline - certified normal accommodation |
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