HC Deb 12 November 1991 vol 198 c437W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average weekly cost of keeping a prisoner(a) in prison and (b) in a police cell.

Mrs. Rumbold

During the financial year 1990–91 the average weekly cost of keeping a prisoner in prison was £384 and in a police cell £1,400.

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