§ Colonel DAYasked the Minister of Health the average cost for the upkeep of paupers in Poor Law institutions; the cost per head of prisoners serving sentences of less than three years; and the average cost of keeping prisoners serving sentences in convict settlements, respectively?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe average gross cost per inmate in Poor Law institutions for the year 192324 was £65 10s. The average cost of prisoners in the same year, allowing for value of labour, etc., was, for
£ s d Prisoners serving sentences of less than three years 84 10 0 and of Convicts 100 7 0