§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the approximate weekly cost per place for the most recent available period for the following types of prison: category B dispersal, category B non-dispersal, category C medium/short-term, category C short-term, young offender establishments — cells and young offender establishments—cubicles.
§ Mr. HurdEstimates of the weekly cost per place are not available. The only available information on weekly costs is as follows:—
Average weekly cost of keeping a person in custody in 1981–82 £ Establishments for males Dispersal prisons 412 Other closed training prisons 192 Local prisons and remand centres 181 Open prisons 141 Borstals and YP centres 191 Detention centres 176 All female establishments 263 The majority of these costs relates to staff costs in establishments.
§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average weekly cost of keeping a prisoner in custody in the financial years 1980–81, 1981–82 and 1982–83 in each of the following establishments: local prisons holding remand prisoners, other local prisons, junior remand centres, remand centres, category A/B training prisons, category B training prisons, category C training prisons, open prisons, closed borstals and young prisoner centres, open borstals, detention centres and female establishments.
§ Mr. HurdAverage weekly costs of keeping a prisoner in custody are available for the following categories of establishment:—
1980–81 1981–82 £ £ Establishments for males Dispersal prisons (cat. A/B training prisons) 369 412 Other closed training prisons (cat. B and C) 173 192 Local prisons and remand centres 168 181 Open prisons 127 141 Borstals and YP centres (inc. open borstals) 180 191 Detention centres 156 176 All female establishments 215 263 Figures for 1982–83 are not yet available.
The majority of these costs relates to staff costs in establishments.