HC Deb 04 July 2002 vol 388 c533W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average annual cost is of accommodating a person in(a) a prison and (b) a youth offender institution; and if he will make a statement. [66624]

Hilary Benn

[holding answer 2 July 2002]The table gives the annual average establishment cost per place in 2001–02 by category of prison. Figures are expressed in resource terms and exclude capital expenditure and headquarters overheads.

Average annual establishment cost per prison place 2001–02
£
Male closed young offender institution 20,732
Male open young offender institution 20,075
Category B 22,497
Category C 18,463
Dispersal 34,365
Female closed 24,795
Female local 31,310
Female open 21,220
Male juvenile 27,452
Male local 26,878
Male open 17,438
Male remand centre 32,474
Semi open 20,224
Average all establishments 23,500