§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) men and (b) women under the age of 18 years were serving a prison sentence in England and Wales on 1 November. [103728]
§ Mr. BoatengThe latest available provisional information is for 31 October 1999. On that date there were 1,689 sentenced males and 81 sentenced females aged 15–17 years in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales.
Information on the population of persons aged 15–17 years in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales is published in "Prison statistics England and Wales", a copy of which is in the Library.