Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prisons – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 December 1958.
The current cost of food at Dartmoor is 12s. 2d. a head a week including meat. The cost may vary with seasonal fluctuations in the price of vegetables and other foods. The cost of fresh meat is 1s. a head a week; in addition the dietary includes 2 oz. of preserved meat, 8 oz. sausage meat, 5 oz. bacon and 1 lb. fish.