§ Mr. Soleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average weekly cost to public funds of detaining a person on remand in a prison department establishment.
§ Mr. BrittanThe cost of keeping a person in custody on remand is not separately recorded. During the financial year 1978–79 the average weekly cost of keeping a man in a local prison or remand centre was £104. The equivalent 237W cost of keeping a woman in prison was £140.