Question follow-through · 16050
Approved Premises: Operating Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total operating cost to HM Prison and Probation Service of running Approved Premises was in each of the last five financial years.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 6 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jul 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total operating cost to HM Prison and Probation Service of running Approved Premises was in each of the last five financial years.
9 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jul 2026
Answer published
The table below shows the direct operating costs and total costs of running Approved Premises in England and Wales in each of the last five financial years. Financial YearDirect Costs (£m)Total Costs (£m)2020/2160.591.02021/2275.8108.82022/2378.7115.12023...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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