(2) what the average cost was of keeping a person in prison for (a) one week and (b) one year in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
The following table shows the cost per prisoner per day for each prison establishment and young offender institution for 2007-08.
The overall average resource cost per prisoner in England and Wales in 2007-08 was £39,000 (to the nearest £500) this equates to £750 per week (to the nearest £10).
There are a number of factors which will cause differences in prison costs, such as the size, age, location and category of the prison, the mix of prisoners (including gender and age) and the internal regime and rehabilitation work followed.
The costs comprise (a) the public sector establishments’ direct resource expenditure as published in the HMPS annual report and accounts, increased by an apportionment of costs borne centrally by HMPS and the National Offender Management Service and (b) the resource expenditure of contracted-out prisons also increased by certain costs borne centrally. This involves some estimation. Income from the Youth Justice Board (YJB) in respect of services recharged to the YJB is excluded in order to show the overall cost to the Ministry of Justice. The figures do not include prisoners held in police and court cells under Operation Safeguard, nor expenditure met by other Government Departments (e.g. for health and education). The prisoner escort service is included.
Establishment name Total cost per prisoner per day (£) Male category B (9) Albany 102 Dovegate1 90 Garth 122 Gartree 114 Grendon 113 Kingston 125 Lowdham Grange1 86 Parkhurst 122 Rye Hill1 84 Male category C (38) Acklington 83 Ashwell 77 Blundeston 94 Buckley Hall 107 Bullwood Hall 146 Camp Hill 82 Canterbury 106 Channings Wood 92 Coldingley 112 Dartmoor 89 Edmunds Hill 93 Erlestoke 90 Everthorpe 82 Featherstone 86 Guys Marsh 82 Haverigg 95 Highpoint 79 Kennet2 253 Lancaster 129 Lindholme 92 Littlehey 76 Maidstone 100 Moorland 93 Mount 93 Onley 101 Ranby 82 Risley 80 Shepton Mallet 127 Stafford 81 Stocken 93 Usk/Prescoed 83 Verne 76 Wayland 80 Wealstun 94 Wellingborough 86 Wharton 88 The Wolds1 104 Wymott 85 Male dispersal (5) Frankland 201 Full Sutton 199 Long Lartin 226 Wakefield 156 Whitemoor 273 Female closed (5) Bronzefield1 160 Cookham Wood3 464 Downview 128 Foston Hall 160 Send 149 Female local (5) Eastwood Park 130 Holloway 212 Low Newton 160 New Hall 152 Styal 131 Female open (2) Askham Grange 133 East Sutton Park 81 Male closed YOI (14) Aylesbury 137 Brinsford 143 Castington 148 Deerbolt 128 Feltham 215 Glen Parva 97 Hindley 142 Lancaster Farms 147 Northallerton 91 Portland 121 Reading 132 Rochester 112 Stoke Heath 109 Swinfen Hall 100 Male juvenile (5) Ashfield1 169 Huntercombe 144 Warren Hill 153 Werrington 176 Wetherby 133 Male local (36) Altcourse1 101 Bedford 91 Belmarsh 192 Birmingham 86 Blakenhurst 83 Bristol 109 Brixton 108 Bullingdon 93 Cardiff 85 Chelmsford 111 Doncaster1 86 Dorchester 127 Durham 94 Exeter 109 Forest Bank1 70 Gloucester 119 High Down 116 Holme House 88 Hull 83 Leeds 96 Leicester 100 Lewes 104 Lincoln 90 Liverpool 79 Manchester 110 Norwich 117 Nottingham 112 Parc1 109 Pentonville 103 Preston 101 Shrewsbury 96 Swansea 88 Wandsworth 86 Winchester 114 Woodhill 159 Wormwood Scrubs 96 Male open (6) Ford 73 Hollesley Bay 101 Kirkham 100 Leyhill 107 North Sea Camp 83 Sudbury 65 Male open YOI (1) Thorn Cross 165 Semi open (7) Blantyre House 104 Dover 102 Drake Hall 113 Haslar 116 Kirklevington 87 Latchmere House 90 Morton Hall 99 Cluster (2) Hewell 121 Sheppey 90 Mixed Male local and Female closed Peterborough1 92 1 Denotes contracted-out prisons. 2 Kennet: Opened in July 2007, therefore resulting in abnormal unit costs. 3 Includes costs relating to re-role from female to male establishment. Notes: 1. Establishments are categorised by their main role as at the end of 2007-08. Establishments that have more than one role have been placed in the category that represents the primary or dominant function of the prison. For example, HMP Moorland is designated as category C adult but includes a large young offender population. For this reason, performance of prisons within a category cannot necessarily be compared on a like for like basis. 2. YOI refers to young offender institutions. 3. Data for Elmley, Stanford Hill and Swaleside is reported under the Sheppey cluster. Similarly, data for Brockhill and Hewell Grange is reported together as a cluster, listed as Hewell. 4. There are a number of factors which will cause differences in prison costs, such as the size, age, location and category of the prison, the prisoner population (including gender and age) and the internal regime and rehabilitation work followed.