§ Sir B. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average cost per week for dealing with offenders in a borstal, a detention centre, an approved school and a prison, respectively; and what is the average cost per week for dealing with a probationist.
§ Mr. BrookeThe average total weekly cost of detaining a boy or girl in an approved school in 1960–61 was £11 0s. 11d. Because of the different methods of financing capital expenditure, comparable figures for the other establishments are not readily available, but the average weekly maintenance costs in 1960–61 were: prisons £8 16s. 5d.; borstals £13 6s. 7d.; and detention centres £13 16s. 0d. The cost of dealing with probationers is obviously less, but cannot be estimated with any precision because expenditure on this part of a probation officer's duties cannot be isolated.