Institute for Government

Change in spending on prisons since 2009/10 (real terms)

Source: Institute for Government analysis of MoJ, ‘Costs per prison place and prisoner by individual prison’, 2009/10–2020/21; HM Treasury, ‘Central Government Supply Estimates 2021-22: Supplementary Estimates’; supported by CIPFA. Notes: See methodology for how the 2021/22 spending figure was estimated. Get the data Embed