HL Deb 15 June 1981 vol 421 c524WA
Lord Avebury

to ask Her Majesty's Government:

What is the average cost of maintaining a prisoner in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland.

Lord Belstead

The average weekly cost of maintaining a person in custody in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland in 1979–80, the latest year for which information is available, was £136 and £255 respectively.