HL Deb 08 May 1974 vol 351 cc625-6WA
LORD MONTAGU OF BEAULIEU

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What was—

  1. (1) the total number of inmates in Her Majesty's Prisons during 1973;
  2. (2) the gross cost of Mer Majesty's Prison Service;
  3. (3) the total income realised from prison work.

LORD HARRIS OF GREENWICH

In Great Britain in the financial year 1973–74 the total daily average number of inmates in Her Majesty's Prisons was 41,060. The estimated total gross cost of the prison service was £127.5 million. The total income from prison work was, £7 million. Final figures are not yet available.

House adjourned at twenty-four minutes before ten o'clock.