§ Lord Dholakiaasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the additional annual cost of holding life sentence prisoners in prison after their tariff dates for release. [HL1978]
§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Lord Williams of Mostyn)The Prison Service does not hold central information on the cost of housing prisoners by type of offence. However, the average annual cost of housing an adult male prisoner in 1997–98 ranged from £15, 100 to £38, 100 depending upon the category of prison establishment.