HC Deb 14 June 1990 vol 174 cc317-8W
51. Mr. Gill

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current prison population; what it was one year ago; and what are the equivalent figures for young offenders.

87. Mr. Tredinnick

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current(a) adult and (b) young prisoner prison population; and what it was one year ago.

72. Miss Emma Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current prison population; what it was one year ago; and what are the equivalent figures for young offenders.

Mr. Mellor

On Friday 8 June the total prison population, including those held in police cells, was 45,630. The corresponding figure for 9 June 1989 was 48,604. The latest information available in the form requested is for 31 March, when the total number of prisoners held in prison service establishments was 46,888: 37,224 were adult prisoners; 9,664 were prisoners aged under 21, of whom 6,655 were sentenced young offenders. The corresponding figures for 31 March 1989 were 49,180, 38,597, 10,583 and 7,395 respectively.

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