Question reference: S5W-18336
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 21 August 2018
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 September 2018
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the average cost is per year of keeping a prisoner serving a life sentence in jail.
Answer
I have asked Colin McConnell, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:
Scottish Prison Service (SPS) does not record the costs of housing differing categories of people in our care.
As a Key Performance Indicator, SPS publishes the Average Annual Cost per Prisoner Place in our Annual Report and Accounts. In 2017-18, the Average Annual Cost per Prisoner Place was £35,293.