§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average(a) number of remand prisoners and (b) proportion of the prison population consisting of remand prisoners in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [128168]
§ Mr. Boateng[holding answer 29 June 2000]: The information requested is given in the table. This information (up to 1998) is also published in "Prison Statistics England and Wales", a copy of which is in the Library.
Average population of remand prisoners 1989–99 Year Average remand population Total average population Remands as a percentage of total average population 1989 10,499 48,610 21.6 1990 9,904 45,636 21.7 1991 10,157 45,897 22.1 1992 10,090 45,817 22.0 1993 10,660 44,566 23.9 1994 12,357 48,794 25.3 1995 11,375 51,047 22.3 1996 11,613 55,281 21.0 1997 12,131 61,114 19.8 1998 12,567 65,298 19.2 1999 12,520 64,771 19.3