§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the weekly food cost allowance for inmates in prisons in England and Wales.
§ Mr. MellorThe quantity of food for inmates is determined not by reference to cash budgets but to dietary scales designed to meet agreed nutritional requirements. Ingredients are supplied primarily from centrally negotiated contracts and from prison farms and gardens. The notional cost per inmate per week totalled £6.30 in the quarter ended 30 September 1989.