HC Deb 25 June 2001 vol 370 cc41-2W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average cost is of holding a prisoner in(a) male local prisons, (b) male remand centres, (c) open prisons, (d) closed training prisons, (e) open young offender institutions,(f) closed young offender institutions and (g) female establishments; and if he will make a statement. [243]

Beverley Hughes

During the financial year 2000–01 the average cost per prisoner place for each of the above categories are listed in the table.

£
Category Cost per place (cash)
Category B 21,674
Category C 17,765
Dispersal 33,804
Female closed 25,123
£
Category Cost per place (cash)
Female local 30,412
Female open 17,399
Male closed YOI 23,063
Young Offender Institution (YOI) Male juvenile 44,668
Male local 25,733
Male open 14,733
Male open YOI 21,628
Male remand centre 35,174
Total 22,890

Figures for cost per place reflect establishment costs only and do not include headquarters overheads. These figures are not comparable with the Prison Service cost per place Key Performance Indicator. The establishments that comprise these functions are categorised by their main role only. Establishments that have more than one role have been placed under the category that represents the primary or predominant function of the establishment. These data will shortly be published in the Prison Service Annual Report and Accounts.