HC Deb 12 May 1981 vol 4 c228W
Mr. Charles Irving

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the annual cost in the last financial year of keeping a person in a prison department establishment.

Mr. Mayhew

The average annual cost of keeping a person in custody during the financial year 1980–81 is not yet available. During 1979–80 the average annual cost was £7,110.