Prisoners Sandra Gidley To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners there are in England, broken down by age. Mr. Hanson Age breakdown figures of all prisoners held in prison establishments within England can be found in the table as follows. ------------------------------------------------------- | |Number| ------------------------------------------------------- |All |77,609| ------------------------------------------------------- |15-17 |2,396 | ------------------------------------------------------- |18-20 |8,170 | ------------------------------------------------------- |21-24 |12,382| ------------------------------------------------------- |25-29 |14,812| ------------------------------------------------------- |30-39 |21,097| ------------------------------------------------------- |40-49 |12,253| ------------------------------------------------------- |50-59 |4,378 | ------------------------------------------------------- |60-64 |1,083 | ------------------------------------------------------- |65 and over |1,038 | ------------------------------------------------------- |Note:Excluding prisoners held in police cells.| | ------------------------------------------------------- These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. Mr. Jim Cunningham To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the prison population was in each year since 1992. Mr. Hanson The figures requested are in the table as follows. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Number| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1992 |46,832| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1993 |44,246| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1994 |48,929| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1995 |51,084| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1996 |55,256| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1997 |61,467| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1998 |65,727| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1999 |64,529| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2000 |65,194| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2001 |66,403| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2002 |71,218| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2003 |73,657| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2004 |74,488| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2005 |76,190| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2006 |77,982| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |20071 |80,264| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 May 2007Sources:i. Prison Statistics England and Wales 1993 and 1994 table 1.2ii. Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2005, Table 8.1 for 1995-2005iii. Monthly population in custody Statistics 2006-2007iv. Population in prison and police cells| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.