§ Sir Robert SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average annual cost of a prison place(a) in each category of prison and (b) in total. [51740]
§ Mr. McLeishThe budgeted average annual cost of a prison place in Scotland, for the current financial year (March 1998 to April 1999) is(a) £23,575 for secure prisons, £16,959 for open prisons and (b) £23,156 in total. These have been calculated as total budgeted expenditure (excluding capital, Headquarters, the SPS Training
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Lieutenancy area Lord-Lieutenant Date appointed Aberdeenshire Captain Colin A. Farquharson FRICS 13 May 1987 Angus The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Airlie KT GCVO PC LLD 18 October 1989 Argyll and Bute His Grace The Duke of Argyll 6 February 1996 Ayrshire and Arran Major Richard Y. Henderson TD 5 April 1991 Banffshire James A. S. McPherson Esq. CBE 11 August 1987 Berwickshire Major General Sir John Swinton KCVO OBE 20 September 1989 Caithness Major Graham T. Dunnett TD 22 January 1996 Clackmannan Lieutenant Colonel Robert C. Stewart CBE TD 15 December 1994 Dumfries Captain Ronald C. Cunningham-Jardine 21 October 1991 Dunbartonshire Brigadier Donald D. G. Hardie TD 2 June 1990 East Lothian Sir Hew Fleetwood Hamilton-Dalrymple Bt KCVO 20 January 1987 Fife The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine KT 4 November 1987 Inverness The Rt. Hon. The Lord Gray of Contin PC 3 October 1996 Kincardineshire The Viscount of Arbuthnott KT CBE DSC FRSE 8 February 1977 Lanarkshire Hutchison B. Sneddon Esq. CBE 9 June 1992 Midlothian Captain George W. Burnet LVO 31 January 1992 Moray Air Vice Marshal George A. Chesworth CB OBE DFC 12 March 1994 College and other central costs) divided by the forecast prisoner places available in the year, at the time when the budgets were set.