§ Mr. Whitakerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the change in number of the prison population since the implementation of the recent Criminal Justice Act.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganThe various provisions of the Criminal Justice Act, 1967 likely to affect the prison population came into operation on different dates, namely, 1st October, 1967, 1st January, 1968 and 1st April, 1968. The total population of prison service establishments in England and Wales at the end of each quarter since the beginning of 1967 was as follows:
31st March, 1967 35,164 30th June, 1967 35,570 30th September, 1967 34,611 31st December, 1967 33,460 31st March, 1968 32,507 30th June, 1968 32,652