§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) men and (b) women were being held in either prisons or immigration detention centres in England and Wales on 8 December.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythOn 9 December 1994, there were 48,512 males and 1,927 females held in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales. A further 110 males were held in police cells. Information on immigration offenders relates to those detained on 12 December and shows that there were 382 males and 49 females detained in immigration service accommodation. A further 32 males and four females were held in police cells for immigration offences on that date.