§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) male and (b) female prisoners were held by the Prison Service on (i) 27 May 1993 and (ii) 27 May 1996. [35040]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Paddy Tipping, dated 3 July 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of male and female prisoners being held by the Prison Service on (i) 27 May 1993 and (ii) 27 May 1996.On 31 May 1993, the nearest date to 27 May for which information is available, 42,091 male and 1,494 female prisoners were being held by the Prison Service: on 27 May 1996, 52,003 males and 2,203 females were being held.