Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners there were in HM Prison Preston in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.

Individual prison population and capacity information for every prison in England and Wales (such as HMP Preston), as well as the total population and useable operational capacity of the prison estate is published monthly on the Ministry of Justice website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-figures-2015

The table below identifies the population at HMP Preston at the end of February in each year from 2010 to 2014.