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20.
Mr. Purchase
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total annual cost of dealing with young people in the judicial and custodial systems; and if he will make a statement. [36525]
Mr. Maclean
Including the costs to the courts, police, Crown Prosecution Service, legal aid and Prison Service of dealing with defendants aged 10 to 20, the total cost in 1993–94 was about £650 million.