HC Deb 26 January 1999 vol 324 c200W
Mr. Stinchcombe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many boys aged(a) under 15, (b) 15, (c) 16 and (d) 17 years are currently imprisoned in adult prisons in England and Wales. [67231]

1997. Mr. George Howarth

The currently available information relates to the population on the last day of December 1998 and is given in the table. Young persons held in adult prisons are normally accommodated separately from adults.

Population of 15, 16 and 17 year old males in adult prisons on 31 December 1998 1
Age Number
Under 15 —
15 25
16 57
17 254
1Provisional figures