§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the annual cost of keeping(a) adults and (b) juveniles in prisons and young offenders' institutions broken down by category of prisoner. [87255]
§ Mr. George HowarthThe Prison Service does not calculate separately the cost of imprisonment by category of prisoner.
The information in the table shows the average establishment cost per place in 1998–99 broken down by category of prison. Prisons with multiple functions (for example an adult male prison with a separate young offender wing) are categorised according to their dominant category.
Establishment costs exclude capital expenditure and head office overheads. For this reason, the figures in the table are not comparable with the provisional Prison Service cost per place Key Performance Indicator figure for 1998–99 of £25,096.
Figures are provisional and subject to validation by prisons.
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Cost per place for prison establishments £ Establishments function type Average cost per place 1998–99 Male local 23,257 Dispersal 32,991 Category B 20,819 Category C 17,142 Male open 14,753
Cost per place for prison establishments £ Establishment function type Average cost per place 1998–99 Male remand centre 21,582 Male closed young offender 18,186 Male open young offender 18,975 Male juvenile 26,079 Female local 28,443 Female closed 26,860 Female open 16,018