Prisons

David Davis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have been held in crowded conditions in each month since November 2004; and what percentage of the total prisoner population this represents in each case. (77078)

The table shows the number of prisoners and the percentage of the total prisoner population held in crowded conditions in England and Wales, since November 2004.

*Number of prisoners that have been held in crowded conditions in each month since November 2004 and the percentage of the total prisoner population this represents in each case*
	Number	Percentage
November 2004	18,418	24.5
December 20 04	17,343	23.7
January 2005	17,169	23.1
February 2005	18,420	24.4
March 2005	17,778	23.7
April 2005	18,211	24.3
May 2005	18,143	23.8
June 2005	18,044	23.7
July 2005	18,600	24.3
August 2005	18,369	23.9
September 2005	18,536	24.0
October 2005	19,099	24.6
November 2005	18,588	24.0
December 2005	17,146	23.1
January 2006	17,900	23.6
February 2006	18,086	23.6
March 2006	18,199	23.6
April 2006	18,210	23.7
May 2006	18,874	24.3

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the prison population has been in each of the last five years. (77154)

Information on the number of prisoners held in prison establishments from 1994 to 2004 can be found in table 8.1 of Home Office Statistical Bulletin 17/05: Offender Management Caseload Statistics, England and Wales, 2004. Copies of this publication can be found in the House of Commons Library. The prison population on 30 June 2005 was 76,190.

Volume 447: debated on Monday 19 June 2006