asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the total expenditure on temporary release of prisoners in the most recent year for which figures are available;(2) what was the total expenditure on home leave of prisoners in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Separate information about expenditure on home leave and temporary release is not available. According to the latest available information, total expenditure on grants and allowances to adult prisoners granted home leave or temporary release in 1984–85 amounted to £232,092.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were granted (a) terminal home leave and (b) short home leave in the most recent year for which figures are available.

In 1983, the latest year for which figures are yet available, terminal home leave was granted on 1,367 occasions and short home leave on 921.