§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the average weekly cost of keeping a male offender in(a) a dispersal prison, (b) a category B training prison, (c) a category C training prison, (d) an open adult prison, (e) a closed youth establishment, and (f) an open youth establishment;
(2) what is the average cost weekly cost of keeping a female offender in (a) a dispersal prison, (b) a category B training prison, (c) a category C training prison, (d) an open adult prison, (e) a closed youth establishment, and (f) an open youth establishment.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe average weekly costs are based on a financial year and in 1986–87, the latest year for which information is available, the average weekly costs were:
Establishment for males £ Dispersal prisons 467 Category B training prisons 253 Category C training prisons 208 Open adult prisons 171 Closed youth establishments 278 Open youth establishments 332 All female establishments 343 The available information relating to the cost of keeping female prisoners does not distinguish between the different types of establishment.