§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average cost per month of(a) keeping someone in prison and (b) sentencing someone to community-based penalties in (i) 1992–93 and (ii) 1993–94.
§ Mr. Peter LloydIn 1992–93 the average monthly net operating cost per prisoner place was £2,019 and the cost of community sentences between £104 and £108.
In 1993–94 the average monthly cost of community sentences was between £106 and £110. Figures for the monthly net operating cost per prisoner place for 1993–94 are not yet available.