§ Mr. Reidasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current weekly cost of keeping a man (a) in prison and (b) under supervision on a probation order.
§ Mr. Harry EwingIt is not possible to distinguish the cost of probation super vision in Scotland from that of other duties carried out by local authority social workers in the community, but a Home Office estimate of the cost to the probation service in England and Wales in 1974 of supervising a single probationer worked out at under £3 a week. In the year ending 31st March 1974 the average weekly cost in Scotland of keeping a person in prison was £35.98. Later figures are not yet available.