§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a breakdown of the proportion of prisoners retained under high security category A, according to age, sex, all-crime, for each of the years since 1975.
§ Mrs. RumboldA full breakdown in the form requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The numbers of sentenced prisoners confirmed in category A at 30 September in each of the years requested are as follows:
Year Adult male Female Young offender Total 1975 235 3 4 242 1976 238 5 2 245 1977 252 5 — 257 1978 241 5 — 246 1979 249 6 — 255 1980 267 7 2 276 1981 257 6 2 265 1982 254 4 2 260 1983 269 3 4 276 1984 285 3 3 291 1985 309 1 4 314 1986 319 4 4 327 1987 356 3 11 370 1988 405 3 7 415 1989 413 4 4 421 1990 405 2 8 415