Prisoners

Simon Hughes

To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice what percentage of (a) male and (b) female prisoners in each region are not imprisoned in their home region, broken down by age. (142712)

The information requested is provided in the following table.

*Prisoners held in prisons outside of their region of origin by age band*
Percentage
	Male
Prisoners from:	15-17	18-20	21+	Female
East Midlands	100	34	38	71
Eastern	48	58	43	70
London	70	78	63	74
North East	16	14	22	16
North West	23	38	25	41
South East	65	38	33	29
South West	17	32	29	43
Wales	80	35	38	100
West Midlands	18	34	37	86
Yorkshire and the Humber	16	25	26	28
Total	45	44	40	60

To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice what estimate she has made of the percentage of prisoners either of whose parents were sent to prison during their childhood. (143065)

This information is not collected centrally. However, data from the 1991 National Prison Survey showed that 11.2 per cent. (341 of 3,050 prisoners interviewed) of convicted non-civil prisoners had experienced a parent in prison at some point (not necessarily during childhood).

Volume 461: debated on Tuesday 19 June 2007