§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the cost to public funds of running each prison in Britain in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from A. J. Butler to Mrs. Barbara Roche, dated 6 February 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the cost to public funds of running each prison in Britain.The attached table shows the costs expressed in cash terms but including notional depreciation and superannuation of each prison in England and Wales in the last 10 years. The figures for earlier years are published in the relevant annual reports on the work of the Prison Service, copies of which are in the House of Commons Library.Information on prisons in Scotland is a matter for the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Scottish Prison Service.