HC Deb 23 January 1964 vol 687 c149W
1. Mr. A. Brown

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the frequency of issue of roll-ons to women and girls detained in Her Majesty's prisons and Borstals.

Miss Pike

It is estimated that the average life is about nine months.

2. Mr. A. Brown

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the frequency of issue of stockings to women and girls detained in Her Majesty' prisons and Borstals.

Miss Pike

Since 1st January the scale of issue is four pairs per inmate annually.

Mr. Hale

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average annual expenditure on the provision of new clothing for each women prisoner in Her Majesty's prisons during the most recent 12 months for which figures are available.

Miss Pike

In the financial year 1962–63 new clothing supplied to women's prisons cost £7 5s. 2d. per head of the daily average population. Three-quarters of this expenditure is on prison-made clothing, which is reckoned at cost of materials plus 5 per cent. for overheads.