Prison Inmates (Hansard, 22 July 2002)

HC Deb 22 July 2002 vol 389 c833W 833W

§ Mr. Cox
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) male and (b) female prison inmates under the age of 21 years were serving a prison sentence in England and Wales on 1 July. [70276]

§ Hilary Benn
On 31 May 2002 (the latest available data), there were 8,827 sentenced young offenders in prisons in England and Wales. Of these 8,358 were male, and 469 were female.