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Mr. Skinner
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners are living (i) two to a cell and (ii) three to a cell at the latest available date.
Mr. Mellor
On 12 May there were 12,492 males and 208 females held two to a cell, and 4,968 males and no females held three to a cell.
Mr. Skinner
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the total number of inmates in youth custody centres at the latest available date;(2) what is the total prison population at the latest available date.
Mr. Mellor
On 31 May there were 46,352 persons in prison department establishments in England and Wales, of whom 7,014 were in youth custody centres.