HC Deb 14 January 1988 vol 125 c365W
Mr. Bermingham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the weekly cost of supervising a person on probation and community service in England and Wales for the latest date available.

Mr. John Patten

In the financial year 1985–86 the weekly cost of supervision by the probation service in England and Wales was about £15 for a person on a probation order and about £13 for a person serving a community service order. These are estimates which depend on assumptions about the allocation of the time of probation officers and are approximate. The figures are derived from those published in "Probation Statistics, England and Wales" (table 12.3 of the latest issue, 1986), copies of which are in the Library.

Mr. Bermingham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the weekly cost of supervising a person in a probation hostel in England and Wales for the latest date available.

Mr. John Patten

The estimated weekly cost of accommodating a person net of residents' contributions in a probation/bail hostel in England and Wales in 1986–87, was £155.25.