§ Mr. Greenwayasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the annual cost of keeping a young person in a detention centre; 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 detention centre trainee in each of the past 10 years was as follows:
£ 1971 1,532 1972 1,841 1973 1,969 1974 2,354 1975 3,057 1976 4,381 1977 4,987 1978 4,876 1979 5,638 1980 6,505 1981 8,110