asked the Minister for Justice if he will give detailed particulars of the weekly cost of £18 8s Od for maintaining a prisoner in jail.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Prisoner Maintenance Cost.
133.
The information is in the form of a tabular statement which, with your permission, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I shall have circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
Average Weekly Cost of Maintaining a Prisoner (1969).
Note: The calculation below is based on the net provision made in the current Prisons Vote, after deduction of appropriations-in-aid, for maintaining an estimated daily average of 615 prisoners, plus the estimated provision made in other Votes in connection with the Prisons Service.
Prisons Vote 1969-70
|
Subhead |
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
|
A |
Salaries, etc. |
10 |
8 |
0 |
|||
|
B |
Prison Services, Maintenance, etc.: |
||||||
|
Victualling |
1 |
0 |
0 |
||||
|
Clothing, bedding, furniture, etc. |
10 |
0 |
|||||
|
Fuel, light and cleaning |
17 |
0 |
|||||
|
Maintenance of buildings and equipment |
12 |
0 |
|||||
|
2 |
19 |
0 |
|||||
|
C |
Travelling, etc., Expenses: |
||||||
|
Escort and conveyance of prisoners |
10 |
0 |
|||||
|
Travelling, subsistence and miscellaneous expenses |
10 |
0 |
|||||
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
|||||
|
D |
Post Office Services |
4 |
0 |
||||
|
E |
Manufacturing Department and Farm |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|||
|
Estimated amounts included in other Votes |
|||||||
|
Vote |
|||||||
|
12 |
Superannuation and Retired Allowances |
1 |
16 |
0 |
|||
|
17 |
Stationery Office |
1 |
0 |
||||
|
19 |
Rates on Government Property |
19 |
0 |
||||
|
Total average weekly cost |
£18 |
8 |
0 |