§ Mr. GrocottTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average weekly cost of imprisonment in each category of prison(a) in 1985, (b) in 1990 and (c) in the latest year for which figures are available. [37958]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Bruce Grocott, dated 24 October 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the average weekly cost of imprisonment in each category of prison.
The attached table gives the average weekly net operating cost per inmate for the years 1984–85, 1989–90 and 1993–94, which is the latest year for which figures are readily available.
Net operating cost per prisoner per week in cash terms (£) Category of establishment 1984–85 1989–90 1993–94 Local prisons and remand centres 241 309 441 Contracted out establishments — — 385 Dispersal prisons 482 554 659 Category B training prisons 255 318 404 Category C training prisons 196 257 336 Adult male open prisons 164 218 269 Young offender closed establishments 269 346 415 Young offender open establishments 294 459 473 Young offender remand establishments — — 420 Female establishments 363 433 540