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Mr. Straw
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total cost of keeping prisoners in police cells in 1994. [32636]
Miss Widdecombe
Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Jack Straw, dated 10 July 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the total cost of keeping prisoners in police cells in 1994.
The total cost for 1994 was £14,780,000.