HC Deb 04 June 1951 vol 488 c77W
Mr. J. Morrison

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the average cost per head per week of maintaining persons in prison compared with 1946.

Mr. Ede

For the 12 months ended 31st March, 1950, the total net expenditure on prisons in England and Wales, excluding the cost of new building but including all administrative expenses, was at the rate of about £4 3s. 7d. a week per head. The corresponding figure for the 12 months ended 31st March, 1946, was £2 12s. 2d.