Police, Probation and Prison Services (Expenditure)

HC Deb 17 July 1969 vol 787 c161W

Mr. Whitaker

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the expenditure per head of the population on the police, probation and aftercare service, and prisons respectively, in 1964 and at the most recent available date.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

The information for England and Wales is as follows:

EXPENDITURE PER HEAD OF POPULATION
Year	Police	Probation and aftercare	Prison service
	£	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
1964–65	3	14	5	2	7	11	5
1968–69*	5	3	3	4	0	16	7
* Forecast expenditure.