Mr. Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give the actual or estimated costs of keeping a prisoner on remand; and what has been the actual or estimated annual costs of prisoners on remand for the longest stated period of time.
§ Dr. SummerskillIt is not possible to isolate the cost of maintaining prisoners on remand. Over the prison system as a whole we estimate that the average cost of maintaining one inmate during the last financial year was about £62 per week.