§ Mrs. BrookeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Home Office in the last 12 months has revised its predictions of the growth in the prison population. [40002]
§ Beverley Hughes[holding answer 5 March 2002]: Statistical bulletins concerning the long term prison population projections are issued every May; the last one was published on 23 May 2001. Short term projections are issued every May and November.
A copy of the most recent long term projection is kept in the Library. Details of the current short term projection are included in the monthly "Prison Population Brief', which is available on the Home Office website at the following address: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/prisonsl.html