HC Deb 13 January 2003 vol 397 cc448-9W
Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children were in prison in each of the last 10 years. [88518]

Hilary Benn

[holding answer 7 January 2003]: The number of people under the age of 18 held in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales in the past 10 years is as follows. Information is shown as at 30 June each year.

  • 1992—1,328
  • 1993—1,304
  • 1994—1,526
  • 1995—1,675
  • 1996—2,093
  • 1997—2,479
  • 1998—2,466
  • 1999—2,422
  • 2000—2,434
  • 2001—2,448
  • 2002—2,609