# HMP Spring Hill: cost, population and staff

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updated: 29 September 2026
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# HMP Spring Hill: cost, population and staff



Last updated 29 September 2026.
Figures refresh every night. [How each figure is worked out](/methodology/).





**£30m** for HMP Spring Hill in 2024-25, +0.9% on a year earlier after inflation. It cost £63,419 per prisoner in 2024-25.



Figure as of 26 March 2026. Source:
[Ministry of Justice](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69bbeee14b1db2e4ba9b6492/costs-per-prison-place-prisoner-individual-prison-2024-25.ods).





## Key figures



- £30m2024-25, cash

+4.9% on a year earlier
As of 26 March 2026
- £63,419Cost per prisoner, 2024-25

Male open prisons: £51,452
As of 26 March 2026
- £48,856Cost per place, 2024-25

Male open prisons: £44,091
As of 26 March 2026
- 480 prisonersAverage population, 2024-25

Male open prisons: 5,392 prisoners
As of 26 March 2026
- £41,954Direct cost per prisoner, 2024-25

Male open prisons: £31,930
As of 26 March 2026




Source: [Ministry of Justice](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69bbeee14b1db2e4ba9b6492/costs-per-prison-place-prisoner-individual-prison-2024-25.ods).






## Over time: cash, real terms and per resident




**HMP Spring Hill: spending in cash and in 2025-26 prices, £ million**








Real terms use HM Treasury’s GDP deflator, 2025-26 prices.




**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | Real terms (2025-26 prices) | Cash |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016-17Details | £30.3m | £22.3m |
| Cash£22.3m | | |
| 2017-18Details | £30.5m | £22.7m |
| Cash£22.7m | | |
| 2018-19Details | £30.2m | £23.0m |
| Cash£23.0m | | |
| 2019-20Details | £30.4m | £23.8m |
| Cash£23.8m | | |
| 2020-21Details | £29.9m | £24.6m |
| Cash£24.6m | | |
| 2021-22Details | £27.8m | £22.9m |
| Cash£22.9m | | |
| 2022-23Details | £28.6m | £25.2m |
| Cash£25.2m | | |
| 2023-24Details | £31.2m | £29.0m |
| Cash£29.0m | | |
| 2024-25Details | £31.5m | £30.4m |
| Cash£30.4m | | |






Figure as of 26 March 2026. Source:
[Ministry of Justice](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69bbeee14b1db2e4ba9b6492/costs-per-prison-place-prisoner-individual-prison-2024-25.ods).





Source: Ministry of Justice, [Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison, 2015-16 to 2024-25 (HMPPS annual report and accounts, management information addendum)](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69bbeee14b1db2e4ba9b6492/costs-per-prison-place-prisoner-individual-prison-2024-25.ods), published 26 March 2026.





## At a glance





| What | Figure |
| --- | --- |
| Function | Male open |
| Where | Buckinghamshire, England |
| Overall cost, 2024-25 | £30m |
| Cost per prisoner, 2024-25 | £63,419 |
| Cost per place, 2024-25 | £48,856 |
| Population, August 2026 | — |
| Operational capacity | — |
| Staff in post (FTE) | not on the HMPPS payroll (contracted prison) or not published |







## Where it sits, and what is below it



- UK total
- Nation
- Department or service body
- Local body
- Spending category
- Line or transaction not published





- United Kingdom
- England and Wales
- Ministry of Justice
- HM Prison and Probation Service
- [Prisons in England and Wales](/justice/prisons/)
- HMP Spring Hill





### HMP Spring Hill



Male open. Overall resource expenditure: the prison’s own net spending plus its share of regional and national costs, as HMPPS allocates them for its cost per place figures. In Buckinghamshire.



**£30m** in 2024-25 (cash); £32m in 2025-26 prices; +4.9% on a year earlier in cash, +0.9% in real terms.





| Spending category | Cash, 2024-25 | Real terms (2025-26 prices) | Per resident | Real change on a year earlier | Source | Below this |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spent at the prison (direct)Details | £20m | £21m | — | +5.2% | [Ministry of Justice](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69bbeee14b1db2e4ba9b6492/costs-per-prison-place-prisoner-individual-prison-2024-25.ods) | Line or transaction not published: HMPPS publishes one direct figure per prison; its split into staff, maintenance, food and the rest is not published by prison. Individual payments over £25,000 are published by HMPPS as a whole, not by prison. |
| Real terms (2025-26 prices)£21mPer resident—Real change on a year earlier+5.2%Source[Ministry of Justice](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69bbeee14b1db2e4ba9b6492/costs-per-prison-place-prisoner-individual-prison-2024-25.ods)Below thisLine or transaction not published: HMPPS publishes one direct figure per prison; its split into staff, maintenance, food and the rest is not published by prison. Individual payments over £25,000 are published by HMPPS as a whole, not by prison. | | | | | | |
| Share of regional and national costsDetails | £10m | £11m | — | −7.4% | [Ministry of Justice](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69bbeee14b1db2e4ba9b6492/costs-per-prison-place-prisoner-individual-prison-2024-25.ods) | Line or transaction not published: The costs met regionally or nationally (healthcare contracts, education, maintenance contracts, headquarters) are allocated to prisons as one figure; what they consist of is not published by prison. |
| Real terms (2025-26 prices)£11mPer resident—Real change on a year earlier−7.4%Source[Ministry of Justice](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69bbeee14b1db2e4ba9b6492/costs-per-prison-place-prisoner-individual-prison-2024-25.ods)Below thisLine or transaction not published: The costs met regionally or nationally (healthcare contracts, education, maintenance contracts, headquarters) are allocated to prisons as one figure; what they consist of is not published by prison. | | | | | | |







Cash is as published. Real terms are in 2025-26 prices, using HM Treasury’s GDP deflator. Per resident divides by
ONS mid-year population for the area the body serves. Changes compare the same body in consecutive years.






## What is recorded alongside the money



These figures are published beside the funding, not as its result. Demand, geography, recording practice and
many other things differ between areas and change over time; none of these charts shows cause and effect.





| Measure | HMP Spring Hill | Male open prisons | All prisons in England and Wales | Period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cost per prisonerDetails | £63,419 | £51,452 | £56,618 | 2024-25 |
| Male open prisons£51,452All prisons in England and Wales£56,618Period2024-25 | | | | |
| Cost per placeDetails | £48,856 | £44,091 | £59,026 | 2024-25 |
| Male open prisons£44,091All prisons in England and Wales£59,026Period2024-25 | | | | |
| Average populationDetails | 480 prisoners | 5,392 prisoners | 87,009 prisoners | 2024-25 |
| Male open prisons5,392 prisonersAll prisons in England and Wales87,009 prisonersPeriod2024-25 | | | | |






**Cost per prisoner: HMP Spring Hill and comparisons**








Overall resource expenditure (the prison’s own spending plus its share of regional and national costs) divided by the average population over the financial year, cash. Public and contracted prisons are costed differently (PFI prisons include interest on capital), and prisons of different functions do different jobs, so compare a prison with others of its function.




**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | HMP Spring Hill | Male open prisons | All prisons in England and Wales |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2016-17Details | £40,881 | £29,736 | £35,371 |
| Male open prisons£29,736All prisons in England and Wales£35,371 | | | |
| 2017-18Details | £42,085 | £31,083 | £37,543 |
| Male open prisons£31,083All prisons in England and Wales£37,543 | | | |
| 2018-19Details | £42,546 | £32,597 | £41,136 |
| Male open prisons£32,597All prisons in England and Wales£41,136 | | | |
| 2019-20Details | £44,844 | £34,767 | £42,670 |
| Male open prisons£34,767All prisons in England and Wales£42,670 | | | |
| 2020-21Details | £53,876 | £42,648 | £48,409 |
| Male open prisons£42,648All prisons in England and Wales£48,409 | | | |
| 2021-22Details | £57,624 | £41,906 | £47,434 |
| Male open prisons£41,906All prisons in England and Wales£47,434 | | | |
| 2022-23Details | £59,345 | £45,130 | £51,108 |
| Male open prisons£45,130All prisons in England and Wales£51,108 | | | |
| 2023-24Details | £59,553 | £45,353 | £53,801 |
| Male open prisons£45,353All prisons in England and Wales£53,801 | | | |
| 2024-25Details | £63,419 | £51,452 | £56,618 |
| Male open prisons£51,452All prisons in England and Wales£56,618 | | | |






Figure as of 26 March 2026. Source:
[Ministry of Justice](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69bbeee14b1db2e4ba9b6492/costs-per-prison-place-prisoner-individual-prison-2024-25.ods).





**Cost per place: HMP Spring Hill and comparisons**








Overall resource expenditure divided by baseline certified normal accommodation (the uncrowded places the prison is certified for), cash.




**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | HMP Spring Hill | Male open prisons | All prisons in England and Wales |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2016-17Details | £37,980 | £28,051 | £38,042 |
| Male open prisons£28,051All prisons in England and Wales£38,042 | | | |
| 2017-18Details | £38,782 | £29,967 | £40,843 |
| Male open prisons£29,967All prisons in England and Wales£40,843 | | | |
| 2018-19Details | £39,243 | £31,454 | £43,213 |
| Male open prisons£31,454All prisons in England and Wales£43,213 | | | |
| 2019-20Details | £40,609 | £31,269 | £44,640 |
| Male open prisons£31,269All prisons in England and Wales£44,640 | | | |
| 2020-21Details | £42,085 | £33,925 | £48,162 |
| Male open prisons£33,925All prisons in England and Wales£48,162 | | | |
| 2021-22Details | £39,363 | £32,758 | £46,696 |
| Male open prisons£32,758All prisons in England and Wales£46,696 | | | |
| 2022-23Details | £41,345 | £36,643 | £51,724 |
| Male open prisons£36,643All prisons in England and Wales£51,724 | | | |
| 2023-24Details | £46,603 | £41,661 | £56,987 |
| Male open prisons£41,661All prisons in England and Wales£56,987 | | | |
| 2024-25Details | £48,856 | £44,091 | £59,026 |
| Male open prisons£44,091All prisons in England and Wales£59,026 | | | |






Figure as of 26 March 2026. Source:
[Ministry of Justice](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69bbeee14b1db2e4ba9b6492/costs-per-prison-place-prisoner-individual-prison-2024-25.ods).





**Average population: HMP Spring Hill and comparisons**








The mean of the twelve month-end populations in the financial year.




**The numbers behind this chart**





| Year | HMP Spring Hill | Male open prisons | All prisons in England and Wales |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2016-17Details | 544 | 4,959 | 84,750 |
| Male open prisons4,959All prisons in England and Wales84,750 | | | |
| 2017-18Details | 540 | 5,089 | 84,710 |
| Male open prisons5,089All prisons in England and Wales84,710 | | | |
| 2018-19Details | 541 | 5,114 | 82,751 |
| Male open prisons5,114All prisons in England and Wales82,751 | | | |
| 2019-20Details | 531 | 5,335 | 82,890 |
| Male open prisons5,335All prisons in England and Wales82,890 | | | |
| 2020-21Details | 457 | 4,709 | 78,959 |
| Male open prisons4,709All prisons in England and Wales78,959 | | | |
| 2021-22Details | 398 | 4,578 | 79,113 |
| Male open prisons4,578All prisons in England and Wales79,113 | | | |
| 2022-23Details | 425 | 4,683 | 81,822 |
| Male open prisons4,683All prisons in England and Wales81,822 | | | |
| 2023-24Details | 487 | 5,322 | 87,129 |
| Male open prisons5,322All prisons in England and Wales87,129 | | | |
| 2024-25Details | 480 | 5,392 | 87,009 |
| Male open prisons5,392All prisons in England and Wales87,009 | | | |






Figure as of 26 March 2026. Source:
[Ministry of Justice](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69bbeee14b1db2e4ba9b6492/costs-per-prison-place-prisoner-individual-prison-2024-25.ods).




Source: Ministry of Justice, [Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison, 2015-16 to 2024-25 (HMPPS annual report and accounts, management information addendum)](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69bbeee14b1db2e4ba9b6492/costs-per-prison-place-prisoner-individual-prison-2024-25.ods), published 26 March 2026; Ministry of Justice, [Prison population: monthly bulletin (2025-01 to 2026-08)](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a9e97fd3b22fb169dc192dd/prison-pop-august-2026.ODS), published 7 September 2026; Ministry of Justice, [HM Prison & Probation Service workforce quarterly: June 2026: time series of staff in post](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a7ed9263be22055c1aaa2f2/Time_series_of_HMPPS_staff_in_post_receiving_pay_on_staff_in_post_date_Jun_26.ods), published 20 August 2026; HM Prison and Probation Service, [Prison information pages on GOV.UK (addresses), with each postcode’s local authority from postcodes.io (ONS Postcode Directory)](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prisons-in-england-and-wales).



## What these figures do and don't show



- **Compare with prisons of the same function.** Costs per prisoner differ by what a prison does: local prisons serving courts, training prisons, high-security, open and youth establishments.
- **Overall cost includes shared costs.** HMPPS adds each prison’s share of regional and national costs (healthcare, education, maintenance contracts, headquarters) to what it spends itself.
- **Contracted prisons are costed differently,** and their staff are not on the HMPPS payroll, so no staff figure is shown for them.
- **Nothing here shows cause and effect.** A prison’s cost, crowding and staffing sit side by side; none is presented as the result of another.




Where this sits: United Kingdom → England and Wales → Ministry of Justice → HM Prison and Probation Service → Prisons in England and Wales → HMP Spring Hill. Figures from data/services/justice.json, generated 29 September 2026.



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## Sources for this page





| Source | Publisher | Figures as of | Updated | Licence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison, 2015-16 to 2024-25 (HMPPS annual report and accounts, management information addendum)](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69bbeee14b1db2e4ba9b6492/costs-per-prison-place-prisoner-individual-prison-2024-25.ods) | Ministry of Justice | 26 March 2026 | annual | [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) |





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