§ 32. Mr. John TownendTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total annual cost of keeping all the prisoners in Her Majesty's prisons who have been convicted of murder.
§ Mr. John PattenIt is not possible to distinguish the costs of keeping different types of prisoner in custody. The average annual cost of keeping a person in a penal establishment in 1986–87, the latest financial year for which information is available, was £13,104.