§ Mr. MalinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the prison population was on the first day of each of the last 18 months. [38667]
§ Beverley Hughes[holding answer 28 February 2002]Information is held centrally for the last day of each month.
Date Population 31 January 2002 67,870 31 December 2001 66,049 30 November 2001 68,452 31 October 2001 67,053 30 September 2001 67,465 31 August 2001 67,056 31 July 2001 67,092 30 June 2001 66,403 31 May 2001 66,012 30 April 2001 65,604 31 March 2001 65,394 28 February 2001 64,631 31 January 2001 63,403 31 December 2000 61,617 30 November 2000 64,075 31 October 2000 64,218 30 September 2000 64,960 31 August 2000 65,666