§ Mr. AllanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the average cost to public funds of the imprisonment of fine defaulters in each of the last three years.[40020]
§ Ms QuinThe Prison Service does not calculate the cost of imprisonment by offence type. The average net operating cost per place in each of the last three years is:
- 1994–95: £23,900;
- 1995–96: £24,200; and
- 1996–97: £24,800.