§ Paul FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the prison population was in each year from 1989 to 2000 inclusive; what the expected totals are for 2001 to 2005; and what percentage in all years drug offenders represent. [2391]
§ Beverley HughesThe average prison population in England and Wales from 1989 to 2000, and the percentage of these totals that were sentenced drug offenders, is shown in the table.
The average prison population for 2001 to 2005 will depend on factors prevailing during those years. 'Projections of Long Term Trends in Prison Population to 2008', available in the Library, hypothesises time scenarios. The projected figures from the middle scenarios have been included in the table. However, the percentages that are expected to be drug offences are not available.
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Year Prison population on 30 June Percentage of total serving sentences for drug offences1 1989 48,610 6.61 1990 45,636 6.90 1991 45,897 6.22 1992 45,817 6.89 1993 44,566 7.20 three were sentenced to detention under section 53 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 and one to custody for life.
§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women have been sentenced to imprisonment by courts in England and Wales during the last 12 months for abuse of children. [2526]
§ Mr. Keith BradleyThose who abuse children can be charged with a number of offences. Some of these offences, such as assault causing actual bodily harm and common assault do not identify the age of the victim and it is not possible to provide details of all crimes where children are victims from Home Office statistics. The table shows the statistics for those offences where it is possible to identify a child victim of whatever age.
Year Prison population on 30 June Percentage of total serving sentences for drug offences1 1994 48,794 7.20 1995 51,047 8.34 1996 55,281 10.41 1997 61,114 11.74 1998 65,298 12.09 1999 64,771 12.61 2000 64,602 13.12 20012 65,900 — 20022 67,300 — 20032 68,900 — 20042 70,500 — 20052 72.000 — 1 Rounded to two decimal places 2 Projected figures
§ Paul FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the UK prison population is expressed as a number per 100,000 population; and what the latest figures are for other Council of Europe member states. [2364]
§ Beverley Hughes[holding answer 9 July 2001]: Provisional information based on the average population in England and Wales in 2000, and the average population 469W in prisons in England and Wales in 2000, shows there were 113 people in a prison establishment per 100,000 of the general population.
Provisional information is available for England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland separately. It is shown in the table along with rates for those countries in Europe for which data are available.
Country Rate2 per 100,000 population in 2000 EU member states average England and Wales3 124 Northern Ireland 60 Scotland4 115 Austria5 84 Belgium4 83 Cyprus 637 Czech Republic7 208 Denmark 61 Estonia8 330 Finland7 52 France9 689 Germany8 97 Greece 76 Hungary7 157 Ireland (Eire) 80 Italy 94 Luxembourg 690 Netherlands10 87 Norway3 n/a Poland2 170 Portugal 127 Russia7 465 Slovenia 57 Spain7 114 Sweden11 64 Switzerland 79 Australia4 6108 Canada12 6123 Japan3 47 New Zealand5 6149 South Africa4 385 USA13 702 1 At 1 September: number of prisoners including pre-trial detainees 2 Based on estimates of national population 3 At 31 August 4 Annual daily population 5 Annual averages 6 In 1999 7 At 31 December 8 At 31 January 9 Metropolitan and overseas departments 10 At 1 September 11 At 30 September 12 Annual average by financial year (1 April-31 March) 13 At 30 June n/a = not available
Source:
Statistical contacts in each country
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18 June 2001