Justice written question – answered at on 15 April 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent estimate he has made of the average annual cost of keeping an offender in (a) an adult prison, (b) a young offender institution and (c) a secure training centre in (i) the public and (ii) the private sector by main budget heading.
The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) publishes average annual costs per prisoner and per prison place at the end of each financial year alongside the Management Information Addendum to the NOMS annual report and accounts. The information for average annual costs per prisoner in England and Wales for adult prisons and young offender institutions (YOI), split by ages 15 to 21 and 15 to 17, for financial year 2011-12 (the latest period for which figures are available) at public and private sector prisons is in the table.
The public sector and private sector costs are not directly comparable because of differences in accounting treatment and scope of services.
Secure training centres
The cost of a place in a secure training centre for 2012-13 is £178,000. This is the price as at
Overall average adult prison and youth offender institution | ||
Cost per prisoner by adult/YOI and public/private, 2011-12 | ||
£ | ||
Prison category | Public | Private |
Adult | 33,603 | 33,236 |
YOI (ages 15 to 21) | 41,381 | n/a |
YOI (ages 15 to 17) | 76,162 | 77,791 |
£ | |||||
Breakdown by main budget headings | |||||
Adult | YOI | ||||
Public | Private | Public (15 to 21) | Public (15 to 17) | Private (15 to 17) | |
Direct costs | |||||
Payroll | 19,320 | 5 | 23,610 | 46,387 | 401 |
Non-pay | 6,766 | 32,273 | 8,144 | 15,226 | 79,552 |
Income | -2,388 | -484 | -1,936 | -3,024 | — |
23,699 | 31,795 | 29,819 | 58,590 | 79,953 | |
Allocated and apportioned costs | |||||
Accommodation related | 3,308 | 108 | 4,082 | 5,560 | — |
Central costs(1) | 4,959 | -304 | 5,843 | 10,373 | -3,799 |
Prisoner Escort and Custody Service | 1,638 | 1,638 | 1,638 | 1,638 | 1,638 |
9,905 | 1,442 | 11,563 | 17,572 | -2,161 | |
Overall average annual cost | 33,603 | 33,236 | 41,381 | 76,162 | 77,791 |
(1) Includes shared services centre, IT, headquarters, restructure costs, etc. Notes: 1. The overall average costs comprise the direct local establishment costs of public and private prisons, increased by an apportionment of relevant costs borne centrally and in the regions by NOMS (as recorded in the addendum to the National Offender Management Service Agency 2011-12 Annual Report and Accounts). This involves some estimation. Expenditure which is met by other Government Departments or directly by the Youth Justice Board, such as expenditure on health and education, is not included. Expenditure recharged to the Youth Justice Board in respect of young people is included. 2. The costs represent the total cost per prisoner at each prison where the majority use at the end of the year was as adult prison, YOI (aged 15 to 17) or YOI (aged 15 to 21). There is no adjustment for prisons holding prisoners of more than one category. 3. A split of the YOI (aged 15 to 21) category to show unit cost information for under-18 juveniles only within those establishments is not available. Furthermore, there are no private YOI establishments that house prisoners in the aged 15 to 21 category. 4. The public sector and private sector costs are not directly comparable because of differences in accounting treatment and scope of services. 5. Average price per place figures are also calculated by the Youth Justice Board (YJB). These are calculated differently to the figures above, and are based on the YJB budget allocations at the beginning of each financial year for services in young people's secure custodial facilities. The YJB prices include additional funding for services specific to the juvenile population which are not included in the NOMS' calculation of YOI costs such as advocacy services (in all under-18 YOIs); Lucy Faithfull Foundation services in a number of YOIs for young people who sexually abuse; social worker services; and Youth Offending Team services in private sector YOIs. |
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