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Mr. Alexander W. Lyon
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average weekly cost of imprisoning maintenance defaulters for each of the last five years and for the latest available date in the current year.
Mr. Brittan
The cost of keeping a maintenance defaulter in custody is not
| 1974–75 | 1975–76 | 1976–77 | 1977–78 | 1978–79 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Male local prisons and remand centres | 54 | 70 | 75 | 85 | 104 |
| All Female establishments | 74 | 101 | 112 | 127 | 140 |