HC Deb 03 July 1935 vol 303 c1861
51. Mr. BERNAYS

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can give the average daily population of the prisons in England and Wales in 1924 and in 1934 or the nearest convenient date?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Captain Euan Wallace)

The daily average population of all establishments excluding Borstal Institutions, was 10,097 in 1923–24, and 10,154 in 1934.