§ 22. Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current prison population of England and Wales; what percentage of those is on remand awaiting trial; and what percentage of those prisoners is sharing cells.
§ Mr. BrittanOn 15 October 1979 the total inmate population in prison department establishments in England and Wales was 42,310 of whom some 10 per cent. were untried and 38 per cent. were sleeping more than one to a cell.