HC Deb 01 November 1988 vol 139 c630W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the number of prisoners in Northern Ireland's prisons as at 30 September, detailing the numbers by sex, in prison and in young offenders centres separately.

Mr. Ian Stewart

On 30 September 1988 there were 1,848 inmates in Northern Ireland prison establishments of whom 1,822 were males and 26 were females; 1,693 were in prisons and 155 in young offenders' centres.