Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women aged (1) 18 to 24, and (2) 25 years or older, are currently held in each female prison establishment.
These figures are routinely published as part of the OMSQ Prison Population Data Tool (published as part of Offender Management Statistics Quarterly): https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly.
As of 31 December 2021 (latest available published data), the population of each female prison, split by requested age categories, was as follows:
Prison Name | 18-24 | 25+ | Total |
ASKHAM GRANGE | 3 | 79 | 82 |
BRONZEFIELD | 62 | 411 | 473 |
DOWNVIEW | 26 | 215 | 241 |
DRAKE HALL | 18 | 274 | 292 |
EAST SUTTON PARK | 5 | 62 | 67 |
EASTWOOD PARK | 30 | 318 | 348 |
FOSTON HALL | 23 | 226 | 249 |
LOW NEWTON | 21 | 218 | 239 |
NEW HALL | 34 | 299 | 333 |
PETERBOROUGH FEMALE | 42 | 282 | 324 |
SEND | 9 | 180 | 189 |
STYAL | 41 | 333 | 374 |
Total | 314 | 2,897 | 3,211 |