§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women prisoners there are; and how many are imprisoned for offences relating to drugs. [145289]
§ Paul GogginsThe number of females in prison in England and Wales on 30 January 2004 was 4,378.
At the end of May 2003 (the most recent published data covering the detail required to answer the question) there were 176 females on remand for drugs offences and 1,318 females under sentence for drugs offences, out of a total female population of 4,495.