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<p>An average cost per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs
for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales are routinely published
by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. This information is produced on an
annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Information
on prison expenditure can be accessed in the Prison and Probation Performance Statistics
pages for each financial year on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>
website. Prison unit costs can be found within the Excel document titled Costs per
prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison establishment under the ‘Cost
by Establishment’ tab.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published figures for financial
year 2017-18 can be accessed on the www.gov.uk website from the following link:</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2017-to-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2017-to-2018</a></p><p>
</p><p>The table below shows the average annual overall cost per prisoner for financial
years 2015-16 to 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial
years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Annual Overall Cost per prisoner</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£37,543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£35,371</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£33,931</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>To note within the table:</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>1. Figures are expressed in nominal terms as
per published for respective years.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2. Figures
are not always comparable across a period due to changes in accounting treatments
and scope of business which do not provide a consistent basis.</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p>3. Overall costs include the direct establishment costs plus expenditure
met at regional or national level by HMPPS/MOJ.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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