HC Deb 12 February 1993 vol 218 cc806-7W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many men and how many women were sent to prison(a) on remand and (b) on sentence in each month of 1992 and in January 1993.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

[holding answer 4 February 1993]: The available information is given in the table. Data for September 1992 to January 1993 are not yet available.

Receptions into Prison service establishments in England and Wales by Sex and Type of Custody: January—August 19921
Males Females
Month Remand2 Sentenced Remand2 Sentenced
Fine Defaulters Others Fine Defaulters Others
January 4,700 2,000 4,500 210 110 230
February 4,200 1,700 4,600 210 80 210
March 4,200 1,400 5,000 210 100 210
April 4,200 1,300 4,200 210 90 160
May 4,200 1,300 3,900 210 80 190
June 4,200 1,700 4,400 200 80 170
July 4,400 1,600 4,900 220 80 230
August 4,000 1,600 3,800 190 80 170
1 Provisional figures rounded to the nearest 100 for males and the nearest 10 for females.
2 Untried only; excludes prisoners first received as convicted but unsentenced.

Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was(a) the sentenced and (b) remand gaol population for England and Wales for each month in 1992 and in January 1993.

Prison population by type of custody: England and Wales—January 1992 to January 1993
Held in prison service establishments Held in police cells
Month-date Remand1 Sentenced Total2 Remand1 Sentenced Total Total population in custody
1992
31 January 9,901 35,098 45,319 760 487 1,247 46,566
29 February 9,765 35,896 45,964 982 644 1,626 47,590
31 March 9,461 36,086 45,864 1,217 665 1,882 47,746
30 April 9,510 36,141 46,022 1,136 580 1,716 47,738
31 May 9,550 35,495 45,390 744 562 1,306 46,696
30 June 9,559 35,564 45,486 845 501 1,346 46,832
31 July 9,248 36,187 45,765 694 416 1,110 46,875
31 August 9,403 35,682 45,378 725 247 972 46,350
30 September 9,455 35,339 45,020 565 250 815 45,835
31 October 9,163 33,933 43,377 442 86 528 43,905
30 November 9,200 33,236 42,708 259 97 356 43,064
31 December 8,272 31,785 40,328 218 60 278 40,606
1993
31 January3 9,200 31,800 41,346 152 7 159 41,505
1 Untried and convicted but sentenced.
2 Includes non-criminal prisoners.
3 January 1993 totals are provisional; the remand only sentenced figures have been estimated and are shown to the nearest 100.