HC Deb 08 December 1927 vol 211 c1546
13. Mr. RITSON

asked the Home Secretary, for the latest convenient date, the average cost per head per week of persons in His Majesty's prisons in England and Wales and in the County of Durham, respectively?

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS

There are no separate figures for Durham Prison, but I am sending the hon. Member a statement of the average cost per head in the several classes of prisons in England and Wales for the year ended 31st March last.

Mr. RITSON

Can the right hon. Gentleman inform us why he cannot give a separate figure for Durham? Surely he ought to know it.

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS

My answer was clear, namely, that there are no separate figures for Durham.

Mr. BATEY

Would it not be possible to get the figures separately?