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Mr. Steen
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the numbers of men and women detained in prison in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
Dr. Summerskill
Information on the prison population and prison receptions in England and Wales is contained in tables 1.4 and 1.3 of "Prison Statistics England and Wales 1977 ", Cmnd. 7286.