HC Deb 20 February 1981 vol 999 c248W
Mr. Wheeler

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the current total annual costs in England and Wales of the police, the prison service, and the probation and after-care service.

Mr. Whitelaw

The information for 1979–80 (the latest year for which it is available) is as follows:

£
Police 1,492,623,000
Prisons 295,243,000
Probation and after-care 89,190,000

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