§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average weekly cost of detaining a male person in prison (a) on remand awaiting trial and (b) after sentence.
§ Dr. SummerskillIn England and Wales the estimated weekly cost of maintaining an adult male prisoner in the financial year 1973–74 was £41. I regret that it is not possible to isolate the separate cost of maintaining unsentenced or sentenced prisoners since some prisons hold both groups.
§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average weekly cost of detaining 5W a female person in prison (a) on remand awaiting trial and (b) after sentence.
§ Dr. SummerskillIn England and Wales the average weekly cost of maintaining an inmate in a prison or borstal for women or girls in the financial year 1973–74 was £53. I regret that it is not possible to isolate the separate cost of maintaining unsentenced women or girls since they are held in institutions also holding other groups of inmates.