HC Deb 15 December 1988 vol 143 c716W
78. Mr. Knox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were in prison at the most recent count.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

On Friday 2 December, the latest date for which figures are readily available, 49,235 prisoners were held in prison service establishments in England and Wales. A further 937 prisoners were held in police cells.