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Prisons: Per Capita Costs

Chris Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the average cost was of keeping a prisoner for a day in each (a) prison establishment and (b) young offender institution in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement; [243280]

(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. [243286]

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Mr. Hanson: 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.

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Establishment name	Total cost per prisoner per day (£)
Male category B (9)
Albany	102
Dovegate(1)	90
Garth	122
Gartree	114
Grendon	113
Kingston	125
Lowdham Grange(1)	86
Parkhurst	122
Rye Hill(1)	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
Kennet(2)	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 Wolds(1)	104
Wymott	85
Male dispersal (5)
Frankland	201
Full Sutton	199
Long Lartin	226
Wakefield	156
Whitemoor	273
Female closed (5)
Bronzefield(1)	160
Cookham Wood(3)	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)
Ashfield(1)	169
Huntercombe	144
Warren Hill	153
Werrington	176
Wetherby	133
Male local (36)
Altcourse(1)	101
Bedford	91
Belmarsh	192
Birmingham	86
Blakenhurst	83
Bristol	109
Brixton	108
Bullingdon	93
Cardiff	85
Chelmsford	111
Doncaster(1)	86
Dorchester	127
Durham	94
Exeter	109
Forest Bank(1)	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
Parc(1)	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
Peterborough(1)	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.

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