§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total prison population on the last day of September, October and November 1992; and in each case what was(a) the breakdown by sex and age and (b) the numbers (i) on remand and (ii) serving a sentence.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 3 December 1992]: The readily available information is given in the table.
Prison population by sex, age and type of custody: September, October and November 19921 30 September 31 October 330 November MALES Remand Aged under 21 2,394 2,287 — Aged 21 and over 6,680 6,518 — Sentenced Aged under 21 5,266 4,998 — Aged 21 and over 28,829 27,771 — Total1 43,394 41,855 41,309 FEMALES Remand Aged under 21 57 55 — Aged 21 and over 324 303 — Sentenced Aged under 21 118 115 — Aged 21 and over 1,126 1,049 — Total1 1,626 1,522 1,494 Total prison population1 2 45,020 43,377 42,803 1 Excludes prisoners held in police cells (815 in September, 528 in October and 356 in November). 2 Includes non-criminal prisoners. 3 Provisional figures; detailed breakdown not available.