§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average cost per week of custody for each category of prisoner for each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [7368]
§ 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. Alex Carlile, dated 9 January 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the average weekly cost of custody for each category of prisoner.We do not collect information on the cost of prisoners according to their category but by type of establishment. More than one category of prisoner may be held in the same establishment. The attached table gives the average weekly net operating cost per inmate per type of establishment for the last five years.