§ Mr. Alexander W. Lyonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average weekly cost of imprisoning maintenance defaulters for 737W each of the last five years and for the latest available date in the current year.
§ Mr. BrittanThe cost of keeping a maintenance defaulter in custody is not
1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 £ £ £ £ £ Male local prisons and remand centres 54 70 75 85 104 All Female establishments 74 101 112 127 140