Prisoners
(asked on 19th July 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population was in England and Wales in (a) 12 months to June 1997 and (b) 12 months to June 2010.
The table below sets out the prison population in England and Wales in the twelve months to June 1997 and in the twelve months to June 2010:
Table 1: Month-end prison population (July 1996 - June 1997, and July 2009 - June 2010); England & Wales | |||||
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| July 1996 - June 1997 | July 2009 - June 2010 |
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July | 56,141 | 83,962 |
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August | 55,537 | 84,180 |
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September | 56,621 | 84,409 |
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October | 57,764 | 84,622 |
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November | 58,126 | 84,647 |
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December | 56,351 | 84,231 |
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January | 57,560 | 83,378 |
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February | 58,820 | 83,925 |
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March | 59,161 | 85,184 |
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April | 60,131 | 85,086 |
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May | 60,335 | 85,018 |
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June | 61,467 | 85,002 |
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Average | 58,168 | 84,470 |
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Data sources and quality |
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The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. | |||||
Prison population statistics can be found by accessing the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750714/population-2018.ods
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes monthly individual prison population and capacity information through the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics
We keep the prison population and capacity under careful review to ensure that there is always sufficient capacity for offenders sent by the courts.