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Mr. Beith
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the ratio of prison staff to prisoners in each year from 1993 to 1997. [11838]
Ms Quin
The information requested is listed.
| Year | Staff:prisoner ratio |
| 1993 | 1:1.17 |
| 1994 | 1:1.24 |
| 1995 | 1:1.26 |
| 1996 | 1:1.33 |
| 19971 | 1:1.50 |
| 1 Figures as at 30 June 1997. | |