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12.
Sir H. Williams
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the average annual cost of maintaining a prisoner in gaol.
Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe
The average cost, excluding the cost of new buildings but including all administrative expenses, of maintaining a prisoner in prisons in England and Wales was £257 in the financial year 1952–53, the latest year for which this information is available.