HC Deb 24 January 1973 vol 849 c171W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the value of goods and services provided annually by persons detained in prison at the present time.

Mr. Carlisle

For the year ending 31st March 1972, about £10.9 million in respect of prison industries and farms in England and Wales. This does not include work on internal services and building and maintenance projects.