§ Mr. RuffleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the level of public spending in current prices on the Prison Service was in each year since 1979. [11356]
§ Ms QuinExpenditure by the Prison Service in England and Wales for each year from 1979–80 is set out in the table at 1996–97 prices. These figures include expenditure borne on the Property Services Agency vote up to 1987–88 for the capital costs of new prisons. Because of the nature of the Government accounting system, some other costs attributable to the running of the prison system, for example superannuation, rates and common services, were charged to other votes during some of the earlier years in the table.
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£ million 1979–80 790.5 1980–81 898.6 1981–82 900.2 1982–83 949.5 1983–84 1,002.0 1984–85 1,022.7 1985–86 1,070.6 1986–87 1,105.0 1987–88 1,167.9 1988–89 1,284.1 1989–90 1,482.4 1990–91 1,640.1 1991–92 1,680.3 1992–93 1,621.6 1993–94 1,617.1 1994–95 1,687.1 1995–96 1,712.9 1996–97 (provisional) 1,604.9