§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners are living (i) two to a cell and (ii) three to a cell at the latest available date.
§ Mr. MellorOn 12 May there were 12,492 males and 208 females held two to a cell, and 4,968 males and no females held three to a cell.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the total number of inmates in youth custody centres at the latest available date;
(2) what is the total prison population at the latest available date.
§ Mr. MellorOn 31 May there were 46,352 persons in prison department establishments in England and Wales, of whom 7,014 were in youth custody centres.