§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people(a) men and (b) women were being held in either prisons or immigration detention centres in England and Wales on 8 July 1994.
§ Mr. MacleanOn 8 July 1994, there were 47,391 males and 1,842 females held in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales. A further 83 males were held in police cells. Information on immigration offenders relates to those detained on 14 July and shows that there were 353 males and 45 females detained in immigration service accommodation. A further 38 males and 10 females were held in police cells for immigration offences on that date.