Offenders: Drugs

Mr. Malins
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average cost per week to the public purse is of (a) a person in prison and (b) a person undergoing residential drug rehabilitation treatment as part of a non-custodial sentence.

Mr. Hanson
The average weekly cost to the public purse of a person in prison is £698.00.

The average weekly cost to the public purse of a person undergoing residential drug rehabilitation treatment as part of a non-custodial sentence depends on the nature of the treatment delivered. Costs are set out in the following table:

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|Treatment type                                                    |£ per week|
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|Detoxification and primary treatment                              |667       |
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|Services providing detoxification, primary and secondary treatment|476       |
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|Primary treatment only                                            |469       |
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|Primary and secondary treatment only                              |412       |
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|Second stage only services                                        |390       |
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The Drug Rehabilitation Requirement is the main alternative to custody for those requiring drug treatment. The DRR does not rely for delivery on residential treatment.