§ Ms Janet AndersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the projected growth in the prison population as a result of measures he announced on 12 October. [137]
§ Mr. MacleanI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 26 OctoberOfficial Report, column 755–56.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of(a) the total prison inmate population of prisons in each of the next five years and (b) the totals of prison places that will be available. [348]
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 20 November 1995]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from A. J. Pearson to Mr. Paul Flynn, dated 21 November 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the estimate of the total prison inmate population of prisons in each of the next five years and the totals of prison places that will be available.
The most recent available projections were published in May as part of the Prison Service's 1995 Corporate Plan. Revised and updated projections will be published in the new year as part of the 1996 Corporate Plan.