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Mr. Reid
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what was the average cost per week for each of the past five years of maintaining a person in prison in Scotland;(2) what was the annual cost for each of the past five years of maintaining in prison in Scotland persons sentenced in default of fine payments and for breach of the peace.
Mr. Harry Ewing
The average cost per week of maintaining an inmate in penal establishments in Scotland, for the five most recent financial years for which figures are available, was
| 1970–71 | … | … | £19·64 |
| 1971–72 | … | … | £23·12 |
| 1972–73 | … | … | £26·61 |
| 1973–74 | … | … | £35·21 |
| 1974–75 | … | … | £47·90 |