Prisoners: Age
(asked on 17th July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what projections they have made of the future age profile of the prison population.
This question was answered on 29th July 2015
The Ministry of Justice publish annual projections of the prison population broken down by juveniles (15-17 year olds), young adults (18-20 year olds) and adults (21+). These are published as part of the annual prison population projections.
The next release of this publication will be in November 2015, when it is planned to include further tables showing projections for populations aged over 50 years and over 60 years old.