§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the prison officer to inmate ratio and the cost per inmate place at Thorn Cross. [4299]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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 A. J. Pearson to Mr. Doug Hoyle, dated 25 November 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the officer to inmate ratio and cost per inmate place at Thorn Cross young offender institution.Thorn Cross has three inmate populations: juveniles, young adults and the high intensity training programme.The personal officer to inmate ratio is 1:5.5 for the juveniles, 1:6.5 for the young adults, and 1:3.5 for the high intensity training programme.The current available information on cost per inmate place is £17,163 for the establishment as a whole and £27,600 for the high intensity training programme.