HC Deb 11 May 1989 vol 152 c528W
42. Mr. Favell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the planned total for Government spending on the prison service in 1989–90; and what was the figure in 1978–79.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The planned total for Government expenditure on the prison service (England and Wales) in 1989–90 is £1,140,100,000. Expenditure in 1978–79 was £285,300,000.