HC Deb 18 July 2003 vol 409 cc1001-2W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the(a) average daily number of women in prisons in England and (b) the total number of women received into prisons was in each of the last 12 months. [124990]

Paul Goggins

The number of women in prisons in England in each of the last 12 months is given in the table. The data represents month-end figures.

Number of women in prisons
April 2002 4,370
May 2002 4,403
June 2002 4,394
July 2002 4,372
August 2002 4,362
September 2002 4,403
October 2002 4,427
November 2002 4,368
December 2002 4,077
January 2003 4,214
February 2003 4,349
March 2003 4,470

The number of first receptions of women into Prison Service establishments in each of the last 12 months is given in the table.

Total
April 2002 1,128
May 2002 1,249
June 2002 963
July 2002 1,150
August 2002 1,065
September 2002 1,018
October 2002 1,057
November 2002 970
December 2002 781
January 2003 1,051
February 2003 1,052
March 2003 1,173