HL Deb 14 February 1991 vol 526 c14WA
Lord Harris of Greenwich

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What was the size of the prison population on 1st January 1991.

Lord Reay

Prison population statistics were not collected on 1st January, but on 2nd January there were 42,955 prisoners held in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales. In addition a further 503 were held in police cells.