§ Annette BrookeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inmates serving sentences in prisons in England and Wales were in category(a) A, (b) B,(c) C and (d) D in each month from March 2002. [10303]
§ Hilary Benn[holding answer 28 April 2003]: The information requested is shown in the following table. The data shown relates to adult male sentenced prisoners, as these are the only prisoners to receive this form of categorisation.
Date (as at the last working day of each month) CAT A CAT B CAT C CAT D 28 March 2002 751 8,288 29,527 4,537 30 April 2002 768 8,268 29,585 4,646 31 May 2002 760 8,309 29,702 4,603 28 June 2002 762 8,290 29,688 4,673 31 July 2002 782 8,324 29,371 4,680 30 August 2002 774 8,343 29,577 4,769 30 September 2002 782 8,420 29,801 4,921 31 October 2002 781 8,419 30,174 5,043 29 November 2002 784 8,496 30,535 4,940 31 December 2002 784 8,593 29,756 4,495 31 January 2003 775 8,558 30,093 4,400 28 February 2003 111 8,580 30,756 4,608 31 March 2003 781 8,518 31,215 4,964
§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average population was of remand prisoners in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last five years. [109568]
§ Hilary BennThe average population of remand prisoners in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last five years is given in the table.
Year Average population of remand prisoners 1998 12,568 1999 12,521 2000 11,276 2001 11,238v 2002 12,734