HC Deb 03 May 1990 vol 171 c655W
8. Mr. Fishburn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current prison population; what it was one year ago; and what projections he has made for the prison population over the next five years.

Mr. Wood

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current prison population; what it was one year ago; and what projections he has made for the prison population over the next five years.

Mr. Waddington

I refer my hon. Friends to the answer given earlier today to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Staffordshire, Moorlands (Mr. Knox).

20. Mr. Yeo

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received regarding the size of the prison population.

Mr. Mellor

The Home Office has answered a number of inquiries about the current, and expected future levels of the prison population.