HC Deb 10 December 2001 vol 376 cc708-9W
Mr. George Osborne

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inmates there were in Styal women's prison in each of the last 20 years. [18441]

Beverley Hughes

The information requested is set out in the table.

Number of prisoners in Styal prison 30 June 1982 to 2001
Number
1982 226
1983 239
1984 278
1985 261
1986 270
1987 276
1988 272
1989 226
1990 186
1991 193
1992 196
1993 175
1994 226
1995 237
1996 249
1997 267
1998 281
1999 446
2000 449
2001 424

The step change in population from 281 in 1998 to 446 in 1999 was due to the opening of an additional houseblock in April 1999 and the transfer of prisoners from Risley.