§ Mr. Grocottasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average cost of the imprisonment of those prisoners sentenced to periods of four years or more.
§ 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 cost of maintaining prisoners sentenced to periods of four years or more.