§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in England and Wales in each of the past 10 years have spent more than one week: (a) three in a cell and (b) two in a cell.
§ Mr. JohnCentral records show that the highest total numbers of inmates sleeping two or three to a cell in each of tilt last 10 years were as follows:
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Three to a cell Two to a cell 1975 5,298 10,342 1974 4,122 10,024 1973 4,221 8,388 1972 6,609 7,128 1971 8,238 6,212 1970 9,288 4,886 1969 7,653 2,886 1968 6,084 1,506 1967 7,419 1,584 1966 7,206 1,494 I regret that information is not collected about the periods for which individual prisoners have to share cells.
§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average weekly cost of maintaining the following categories of prisoner in penal institutions in England and Wales in each of the past 10 years: (a) men
Year Prisons Borstals Detention Centres Remand Centres £ £ £ £ 1965–66 … … 16 17 18 17 1966–67 … … 15 17 18 17 1967–68 … … 17 19 20 20 1968–69 … … 22 21 25 25 1969–70 … … 23 23 27 24 1970–71 … … 24 29 29 Included with prisons 1971–72 … … 30 37 35
Males Females Prisons and remand centers Borstals and YP centers Detention centers All establishments 1972–73 … … 34 41 38 47 1973–74 … … 41 51 45 53 1974–75 … … 58 69 59 74
§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total prison population in each of the past 10 years in England and Wales, setting out the numbers of males, females, children and young persons.
§ Mr. JohnFrom figures immediately available, it is not possible to answer this Question precisely in the form requested. The table below gives the readily available information:
AVERAGE DAILY POPULATION IN PRISON ESTABLISHMENTS1965–1974 Year Total Males Females 1965 30,421 29,580 841 1966 33,086 32,127 959 1967 35,009 34,056 953 1968 32,461 31,656 805 1969 34,667 33,814 853 1970 39,028 38,040 988 1971 39,708 38,673 1,035 1972 38,328 37,348 980 1973 36,774 35,747 1,027 1974 36,867 35,823 1,044 It is not possible readily to subdivide the totals given in the table above in such a way as to distinguish between young persons aged 14–16 years and those aged 17–20 years. However, the daily average populations of all young persons aged 14–20 years who were held in Prison Department establishments for the years in question were:
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§ Mr. JohnInformation is not available in the form requested, but the following table gives the average weekly cost of maintaining a prisoner in the types of establishment specified:
Year Total males and females 1965 8,574 1966 9,414 1967 9,958 1968 9,576 1969 10,078 1970 11,335 1971 10,908 1972 10,385 1973 9,040 1974 10,633