HC Deb 15 November 2000 vol 356 c701W
Mr. Goggins

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) male and (b) female prisoners are (i) over the retirement age and (ii) over 80-years-old. [138170]

Mr. Boateng

Provisional information for 30 September 2000 shows that there were 578 persons (568 male and 10 females) aged 65 years or over in prisons in England and Wales. This includes both remand and sentenced prisoners. Of these, 12 (all of which were male) were aged over 80 years.