asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is now the average weekly cost of keeping in custody after sentence: (a) an adult male prisoner, (b) an adult female prisoner, (c) a young male offender, and (d) a young female offender.
Cost information is not available in the form requested. Details of expenditure on the Prison Service appear annually in the Report on the work of the Prison Department. Cmnd. 6877 contains information for the financial year 1975–76 under four categories of establishment. The equivalent average weekly cost for males was £75 in prisons and remand centres; £86 in bor-
| Annual pay | Supplementary annual pay | |||||||
| Rank | Service in rank | London | Provinces | |||||
| £ | £ | £ | ||||||
| Chief Superintendent | … | … | … | Less than 1 year | … | 8,291 | 8,049 | — |
| After 1 year | … | 8,510 | 8,268 | — | ||||
| After 2 years | … | 8,732 | 8,490 | — | ||||
| After 3 years | … | 8,948 | 8,703 | — | ||||
stals and young prisoner centres; and £84 in detention centres. The average weekly cost for females in all establishments was £101.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is now the average weekly cost of keeping in custody before trial and conviction (a) an adult male defendant, (b) an adult female defendant, (c) a young male defendant, and (d) a young female defendant.
The costs of keeping defendants in custody before trial and conviction are not separately recorded.