§ Mr. Fairbairnasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the cost per inmate for one month and one year of approved schools, borstals, prisons and maximum security prisons, respectively.
§ Dr. SummerskillIn the financial year 1973–74, the latest year for which information by category of establishment is available, the estimated average cost per inmate in prison service establishments in England and Wales was as follows:
£ monthly annual Male borstals 219 2,629 Cat. A/B maximum security prisons 315 3,784 Other male prisons 165 1,979 Information about the cost of female establishments by category is not available: the estimated average annual cost for female inmates was £2,773, or £231 a month.
588WIn 1974–75 the estimated average cost of keeping a prisoner taking all establishments into account was £3,232, or £269 a month.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services has informed me that separate information is not available about the cost of community homes with education on the premises—formerly approved schools. The average cost of maintaining a child in all types of community homes in England and Wales in 1973–74 was £1,887, or £157 monthly. These figures exclude administration costs and take no account of parental contributions.