§ Sir Andrew BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many men aged between 55 and 64 years and women aged between 55 and 59 years are currently being held in prison on(a) remand and (b) after sentence. [36259]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Sir Andrew Bowden, dated 11 July 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking, how many men aged between 55 and 64 years and women aged between 55 and 59 years are currently being held in prison on (a) remand and (b) after sentence.The latest available provisional information is for 31 May 1996 and is given in the attached table.
Population of males aged 55–64 and females aged 55–59 on remand and under sentence in prison in England and Wales on 31 May 19961 Remand Sentenced Males 140 1,130 Females 4 30 1Provisional figures.