§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the cost per head per year of keeping someone in borstal.
§ Mr. JohnIn 1974–75, the latest financial year for which separate information is available about maintenance of different categories of prisoners, the cost of keeping a trainee in a male borstal was116W estimated to be about £3,570. Separate information regarding females in borstal is not available, but taking all categories of penal establishment together, the estimated cost of keeping a female was £3,850.