HC Deb 19 January 1978 vol 942 c282W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the estimated average cost of probation supervision per probationer per year in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Mr. John

The latest year for which statistics of probation caseload are available is 1976. For that year the average annual cost of probation supervision—without special requirements—per probationer is estimated to have been between £150 and £160.

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated per capita cost of a place in an approved probation hostel in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Mr. John

The estimated cost to central and local government funds in 1977–78 for each resident place in approved probation hostels is £2,488.