HC Deb 02 June 1980 vol 985 cc519-20W
Mr. Grylls

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of (a) drunks and (b) mentally

POPULATION OF PRISONS AND REMAND CENTRES IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN CERTAIN CATEGORIES
Number of persons
Prisons and remand centres
In England and Wales In Greater London
Serving sentences on 31 March 1980 for drunkenness offences … 68 18
Classified on 31 December 1979 as mentally subnormal … 35 9

1971 1,855
1972 2,275
1973 2,531
1974 2,157