§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the prison population is made up of those convicted of property offences. [34914]
§ Beverley Hughes[holding answer 11 February 2002]: The proportion of the prison population made up of those convicted of property offences, that is burglary, robbery, arson, taking and driving away, handling stolen goods, criminal damage and other thefts is 39 per cent.