Sir N. STEWART SANDEMANasked the Home Secretary what it costs per head per annum to keep prisoners in the principal gaols and penitentiaries of the country?
Sir H. SAMUELA statement showing the annual average charge per inmate in each of the several classes of establishments is published in the annual reports of the Prison Commissioners. The last published figures—for the financial year ended 31st March, 1930—will he found in Appendix 8 (Table B) to their report for the year 1929—Cmd. 3868.