§ Mr. Rhys Daviesasked the Home Secretary the average daily population in civil prisons. Borstal institutions and Home Office schools, respectively, on the last available date with comparative figures for the three previous years?
§ Mr. H. MorrisonThe daily average population of Borstal Institutions in England and Wales was, in 1939, 1,777 males and 111 females; in 1940, 1,044 males and 95 females; and in 1941, 1,212 males and 160 females. The actual population on the 2nd June, 1942, was 1,514 males and 228 females. The daily average population of civil prisons in England and Wales was, in 1939, 7,885 males and 553 females; in 1940, 7,399 males and 839 females; and in 1941, 8,455 males and 810 females. The actual population on the 2nd June, 1942, was 9,742 males and 884 females. The figures for the year 1939 are effected by the releases on the outbreak of war and those for the year 1940 and subsequent years by the increase in the rate of remission granted to prisoners for good conduct. The actual number of boys and girls in approved schools at the end of May in the years in question was, in 1939, 7,422 boys and 1,534 girls; in 1940, 7,583 boys and 1,520 girls; in 1941, 7,739 boys and 1,599 girls; and in 1942, 8,335 boys and 1,709 girls.