Prisoners
(asked on 1st June 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been incarcerated across the prison estate in each year since 2000.
The information requested is in the table below. The table provides prison population figures taken from 30 June every year between 2000-2019 and the current prison population as of 29 May 2020.
Prison population per year from 2000 to 2020
Date (from 30th June every year) | Prison Population |
2000 | 65,194 |
2001 | 66,403 |
2002 | 71,218 |
2003 | 73,657 |
2004 | 74,488 |
2005 | 76,190 |
2006 | 77,982 |
2007 | 79,734 |
2008 | 83,194 |
2009 | 83,391 |
2010 | 85,002 |
2011 | 85,374 |
2012 | 86,048 |
2013 | 83,842 |
2014 | 85,509 |
2015 | 86,193 |
2016 | 85,134 |
2017 | 85,863 |
2018 | 82,773 |
2019 | 82,710 |
2020 (29 May 2020) | 80,032 |
The information from the table can be found at:
- Pre-2002 information can be found in table 8.1 on page 99 in the link below: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218140650/http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs04/hosb1504.pdf
- Post-2002 information can be accessed via the link below in Table A1.1: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/820163/population-30June2019-annual.ods