Prisoners

(asked on 8th May 2018) - View Source
Questioner
Philip Davies Portrait
Philip Davies
(Conservative - Shipley)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the trends in the prison population of (a) male and (b) female prisoners over the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by
Portrait
Rory Stewart
This question was answered on 16th May 2018

The table below contains annual male and female prison population as at 30 June each year since 2008.

Date

Males

Females

Total

30-Jun-08

78,689

4,505

83,194

30-Jun-09

79,084

4,307

83,391

30-Jun-10

80,735

4,267

85,002

30-Jun-11

81,189

4,185

85,374

30-Jun-12

81,925

4,123

86,048

30-Jun-13

79,989

3,853

83,842

30-Jun-14

81,580

3,929

85,509

30-Jun-15

82,289

3,904

86,193

30-Jun-16

81,272

3,862

85,134

30-Jun-17

81,856

4,007

85,863

27-Apr-18

79,808

3,865

83,673

The data are based on snapshots and do not provide an indication of all prisoners who have entered custody within the timescales shown. The data are derived from the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly publication by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) which is available online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly

All data shown are based on the prison population at 30 June of each representative year. This tool has been designed for high level analytical purposes only. The detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. While the figures shown have been checked as far as practicable, they should be regarded as approximate and not necessarily accurate to the last whole number shown in the tables. They are fit to be used for comparing the relative magnitude of components.

The MoJ is undertaking a programme of large scale prison reform which includes modernising the prison estate, closing older prisons that are not fit for purpose and creating in their place high-quality, rehabilitative establishments.

We keep the prison population and capacity under careful review to ensure that there is always sufficient capacity.

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