§ Paul FlynnTo 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 five years; and what his estimate is of the likely changes in the next three years. [90265]
§ Hilary BennThe number of people in prison in England and Wales in each of the last five years is given in the table.
Prison population as at 30 June Year 1Male 1Female 2Male 2Female 1998 62,194 3,105 95.2 4.8 1999 61,523 3,247 95.0 5.0 2000 61,252 3,350 94.8 5.2 2001 62,560 3,740 94.4 5.6 2002 66,824 4,394 93.8 6.2 1 Number 2Percentage of total population Projections of the male and female prison population are given in Home Office Statistical Bulletin "Projections of Long Term Trends in the Prison Population to 2009", a copy of which is in the Library.