Prison Population (Hansard, 11 February 1993)

HC Deb 11 February 1993 vol 218 c766W 766W

§ 20. Mr. Hardy
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the size of the prison population; and what the figure was three years ago.

Mr. Peter Loyd
On 31 December 1992 the prison population in England and Wales was 40,600. Three years earlier it was 45,900.