§ Angela WatkinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the number of women held in custody in British prisons. [143414]
§ Paul Goggins[holding answer 11 December 2003]: The number of women held in custody in Prison Service Establishments in England and Wales, as at 14 January 2004 was 4,283.
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