HC Deb 03 July 1980 vol 987 c657W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the estimated annual running costs per place in each of (a) remand centres, (b) detention centres, (c) young offender establishments and (d) prisons in security categories A, B, C and D; and what are the projected figures for 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 and 1984–85.

Mr. Brittan

Estimates of the annual running cost per place are not available. The only available information on running costs is as follows.

Average annual cost of keeping a person in custody 1978–79
Establishments for males £
Six Category A/B dispersal prisons 12,085
Other closed training prisons 5,768
Local prisons and remand centres 5,403
Open prisons 4,146
Borstals and YP centres 6,206
Detention Centres 5,638
All female establishments 7,301