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Mr. Kilroy-Silk
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the estimated annual running costs per place in each of (a) remand centres, (b) detention centres, (c) young offender establishments and (d) prisons in security categories A, B, C and D; and what are the projected figures for 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 and 1984–85.
Mr. Brittan
Estimates of the annual running cost per place are not available. The only available information on running costs is as follows.
| Average annual cost of keeping a person in custody 1978–79 | |
| Establishments for males | £ |
| Six Category A/B dispersal prisons | 12,085 |
| Other closed training prisons | 5,768 |
| Local prisons and remand centres | 5,403 |
| Open prisons | 4,146 |
| Borstals and YP centres | 6,206 |
| Detention Centres | 5,638 |
| All female establishments | 7,301 |