§ Mr. Greenwayasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the annual cost of keeping a young person in a borstal; and if he will give figures for each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. MayhewThe average annual cost of keeping prisoners is contained in the report on the work of the Prison Department published each year. The average cost of keeping a borstal trainee in each of the past 10 years was as follows:
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£ 1971 1,530 1972 1,926 1973 2,156 1974 2,629 1975 3,571 1976 4,461 1977 4,892 1978 5,396
£ 1979 6,206 1980 7,823 1981 9,400 The cost in 1971 and 1972 covered both male and female borstal trainees. From 1973 onwards, the costs relate to male prisoners only in borstal and young prisoner centres; it is not possible to show borstal costs separately.