§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will update his reply of 3 July 1980 to the hon. Member for Ormskirk on the running of custodial establishments, Official Report, Vol. 987, c. 657, to cover the year 1979–80 and to include the average cost for all establishments.
§ Mr. MayhewThe average cost of keeping a person in custody in 1979–80 was £7,110. The averages for different types of establishment in the same period were:
Establishments for males £ Category A/B dispersal prisons 15,818 Other closed training prisons 6,977 Local prisons and remand centres 6,353 Open prisons 5,253 Borstals and YP centres 7,823 Detention centres 6,505 All female establishments 8,570
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the latest figure for the unit capital cost per place of (a) prisons in categories A, B and C, respectively and (b) converted places in probation hostels, hostels for alcoholics, and day centres, respectively.
§ Mr. MayhewThere are no exclusively category A prisons designed or costed. The capital cost limits per inmate at first quarter 1980 prices, prepared by the Property Services Agency, for complete new prisons to category B and category C security standards were between £40,000 and £43,000 and between £27,000 and £32,000 respectively. There are no comparable figures for hostels and day centres.