§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of people is in prison per 100,000 population in each European Economic Community country.
§ Mr. MayhewThe readily available information is given in the following table, but as definitions of prisons and prisiners differ between countries simple comparisons between countries are likely to be misleading. No other data can be made available without incurring disproportionate cost.
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Prisoners per 100,000 of total population: European Community* Number per 100,000 of total population Belgium (April 1980) 47 Denmark (April 1980) 62 France (March 1980) 72 Federal Republic of Germany (November 1979) 91 Republic of Ireland (April 1980) 35 Italy (April 1980) 54 Luxembourg (April 1980) 69 Netherlands (January 1980) 23 United Kingdom England and Wales (30 June 1980) 89 Scotland (average 1980) 94 Northern Ireland (average 1980) 162 * Figures for Greece are not available.
§ Mr. McCrindleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of the prison population serves more than one year in each European Economic Community country.
§ Mr. MayhewIn 1979 about 11 per cent. of those discharged from custodial sentence in prison department establishments in England and Wales had served more than one year on sentence. In Northern Ireland the figure was about 15 per cent. The figure for Scotland is not available. Information for other countries of the European Community is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.