§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the weekly cost of maintaining a prisoner in Her Majesty's prisons in Scotland; and what was the cost in each of the previous 10 years.
§ Mr. Harry EwingThe estimated total cost of Scottish prisons in the financial year 1976–77, the latest figure available, distributed over the daily average population, gives a figure of approximately £80 per week per prisoner.
The following table shows the comparative costs for the earlier years:
£ 1966–67 13.96 1967–68 13.78 1968–69 15.59 1969–70 17.31 1970–71 19.64 1971–72 23.12 1972–73 26.61 1973–74 35.21 1974–75 47.90 1975–76 67.98