Health Services: Young Offender Institutions
Health
Written answers and statements, 3 November 2009
Andrew Pelling (Croydon Central, Independent)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent (a) in total and (b) per inmate on healthcare for inmates of young offender institutions in 2008-09.
Phil Hope (Minister of State (the East Midlands), Regional Affairs; Corby, Labour)
In 2008-09 healthcare allocations (including targeted mental health in-reach funding) to establishments within the young offender institutions and young person estate totalled £29,108,000.
Based on an operational capacity of 8,186 for the dedicated young offender institutions and young person's estate as at January 2009, this equates to per place cost of £4,685.