Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what payments of compensation have been made to prisoners since 1 February 2005, in the last 12 months; and what the cause of complaint was in each case. [52545] Mr. Sutcliffe: The following table details the compensation payments made to prisoners by the public sector Prison Service in England and Wales between January 2005 and December 2005. Data on the amount of compensation paid by contracted prison operators is not collated centrally. However, any payments would come from the operator. Click here for tables.
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