§ Mrs Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost is to his Department per person per day of detaining a person subject to immigration control in(a) a prison and (b) a removal centre. [128517]
§ Beverley HughesThe Prison Service categorises establishments by their main role only and it is not possible to say what the cost is of detaining a person subject to mmigration control in a prison.
The average cost per place per day of detention in removal centres contracted out to the private sector is £97. The average cost of detention in Dover and Haslar, the two establishments operated by the Prison Service wholly as removal centres is £66.56.