HC Deb 10 May 1967 vol 746 cc248-9W
Mr. Evelyn King

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total prison population during each of the last four years.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

The average total population of prisons, remand centres, borstals and detention centres in England and Wales in 1963 to 1966, and the actual population on 30th April, 1967, were

1963 30,896
1964 29,600
1965 30,421
1966 33,278
30th April, 1967 35,621