§ Mr. MarlandTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average cost per week of maintaining a prisoner in gaol.
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§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for reply to be given.
Letter from A. J. Butler to Mr. Paul Marland, dated 26 May 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the average cost per week of maintaining a prisoner in jail.In 1992–93 the average weekly net operating cost per prisoner place in England and Wales was £466.