§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of prison inmates on rule 43 on 1 December 1987 and 1988.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggFigures for the dates mentioned are not readily available. The number of male prisoners on rule 43 in prisons in England and Wales on 1 January 1988 was 1,916 and on 1 July 1988, the most recent date for which information is available, was 2,126.