HC Deb 20 February 1958 vol 582 cc171-2W
The Rev. Ll. Williams

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of the daily average number of inmates in prisons serve their sentences in the local prisons.

Mr. R. A. Butler

In 1956, the latest year for which figures are at present available, approximately 67 per cent, of the daily average prison population was in closed local prisons and 5 per cent. in open local prisons.