Prisoners: Older People
(asked on 11th July 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, over the age of 70 are serving custodial sentences in England and Wales.
This question was answered on 21st July 2022
As of 31 March 2022 (latest available published statistics), there were 1,618 male sentenced prisoners and 21 female sentenced prisoners aged ‘70 and over’ in prisons in England & Wales.