Mr. Robert AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average net operating cost per inmate per week in all Prison Service establishments for the financial year to 31 March.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Robert Ainsworth, dated 3 November 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent question on the average cost per inmate per week.The average cost per prisoner place per week in 1993–94 was £437 (£22,712 per year). This figure excludes exceptional items: the cost of holding prisoners in police cells and compensation for abandonment of plans to relocate the Prison Service headquarters to Derby.