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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 His 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>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 that can be accessed on this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics"
target="_blank">Prison and Probation Performance Statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The
average cost per prisoner place for the last five years is provided in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial
Year</p></td><td><p>Average Cost Per Prisoner</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£37,543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£41,136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£42,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£48,409</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£47,434</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The
2022/23 figures have not yet been published.</p>
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