Mr. WILSONasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can state the cost per head per week for food in remand homes, approved schools, prisons and convict prisons?
§ Sir G. COLLINSThe cost per head per week for food in approved schools and ordinary and convict prisons in Scotland in 1935 was as follows:
s. d. Approved schools— Senior and intermediate schools 4 11 Junior schools 5 7 Ordinary prisons 2 5 Convict prisons 3 3 The lower expenditure in the case of senior and intermediate schools is doubtless due to such schools drawing larger supplies from their own farms and gardens than do the junior schools. As regards remand homes, the arrangements for the provision and use of such homes vary considerably, and information as to the weekly cost per head for food is not available.