HC Deb 08 May 2002 vol 385 cc234-7W
Paul Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes have occurred in the(a) numbers and (b) percentages of (i) women and (ii) men imprisoned in each of the past 10 years; and what his estimate is of the likely changes in the next three years. [54020]

Beverley Hughes

The information requested in given in the tables.

Male prison population on 30 June 1992–2001, with numerical and percentage changes from previous year
Population on 30 June Actual change since previous year Percentage change since previous year
1992 45,277 1,195 3
1993 42,666 -2,611 -6
1994 47,125 4,459 10
1995 49,088 1,963 4
1996 52,951 3,863 8
1997 58,795 5,844 11
1998 62,607 3,812 6
1999 61,322 1,315 2
2000 61,839 -2,983 -3
2001 62,690 851 1
Female prison population on 30 June 1992–2001, with numerical and percentage changes from previous year
Population on 30 June Actual change since previous year Percentage change since previous year
1992 1,555 11 1
1993 1,580 25 2
1994 1,804 224 14
1995 1,998 194 11
1996 2,305 307 15
1997 2,672 367 16
1998 3,120 448 17

Prison population rate1 per 100,000 population (Council of Europe member states)
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Albania 2 2 85 2 2 2
Andorra 2 2 2 30 2 2
Armenia 2 2 200 2 2 210
Austria 84 86 85 85 84 2
Azerbaijan 2 325 325 2 2 2
Belgium 76 82 77 80 83 83
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 2 2 35 45 2
Bulgaria 126 142 2 2 115 2
Croatia 45 47 50 2 2 60
Cyprus 35 40 2 37 43 2
Czech Republic 202 209 217 224 208 188
Denmark 61 62 63 66 61 58
Estonia 2 300 2 303 325 334
Finland 58 56 55 46 56 60
France 90 90 89 91 80 77
Georgia 2 2 190 2 2 2
Germany 83 90 95 97 97 98
Greece 51 54 68 72 76 76
Hungary 129 136 142 161 157 155
Iceland 2 43 35 2 30 2
Ireland 62 68 71 72 76 82
Italy 85 86 87 89 94 97
Latvia 405 407 2 360 355 368
Liechtenstein 2 2 2 75 2 2
Lithuania 323 356 2 385 257 313
Luxembourg 104 2 91 90 92 2
Malta 62 2 70 2 68 2
Moldova 263 2 2 2 265 2
Netherlands 75 87 75 84 87 93
Norway 52 53 56 2 2 2
Poland 148 148 153 142 170 207
Portugal 140 145 144 131 127 131
Romania 194 197 2 2 222 225
Russian Federation 713 2 690 729 2 2
San Marino3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Slovakia 144 138 2 2 132 135
Slovenia 31 39 2 48 57 58

Female prison population on 30 June 1992–2001, with numerical and percentage changes from previous year
Population on 30 June Actual change since previous year Percentage change since Previous year
1999 3,207 87 3
2000 3,355 148 5
2001 3,713 358 11
Long-term projections of male and female prisoners, projected through to 2005 (average population)—produced October 2001
Central variant 2003 2004 2005
Total 70,200 72,900 74,900
Male 65,700 68,200 70,000
Female 4,490 4,710 4,910
High scenario
Total 72,900 76,700 79,600
Male 67,800 71,000 73,600
Female 5,170 5,620 6,050

Paul Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his estimate is of the total prison population per 100,000 of the population; and what the comparable figures are for each of the past five years in other Council of Europe member states. [54018]

Beverley Hughes

The information requested appears in the table.

Prison population rate1 per 100,000 population (Council of Europe member states)
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Spain 2 113 111 111 114 102
Sweden 65 59 60 59 64 68
Switzerland 85 88 79 81 79 71
The Former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia 50 49 55 2 70 2
Turkey 87 94 100 2 74 83
Ukraine 425 415 2 2 435 2
United Kingdom:
England and Wales 107 120 126 125 124 127
Northern Ireland 98 95 91 69 60 51
Scotland 101 119 117 118 115 2
1Based on estimates of national population
2 Data not available
3Included in figures for Italy

Source: Statistical contacts in each country, Council of Europe

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