HC Deb 19 December 2003 vol 416 c15W
Mr. Oaten

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total cost to date has been of detaining suspects held under Part 4 of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. [144583]

Paul Goggins

The approximate cost from 19 December 2001 to 16 December 2003 of detaining those held under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 is £905,000.

The cost of holding a detainee in prison is equivalent to the cost of holding a prisoner in the same establishment.