§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) males and (b) females aged (i) 14, (ii) 15, (iii) 16, (iv) 17 and (v) 18 years were held in prisons on 1 May. [43656]
§ Ms QuinThe latest available information is for 30 April 1998 and is given in the table. Information on the population of young persons, by age and type of custody is published in successive volumes of "Prison statistics, England and Wales" (Table 3.2 of the 1996 edition—Cm 3732), copies of which are in the Library.
Population of young persons in prisons in England and Wales by sex and age on 30 April 19981 Age Male Female 14 — — 15 224 5 16 685 21 17 1,501 61 18 2,309 102 1 Provisional figures