Prison Population

Mr. Grylls
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) drunks, (b) mentally subnormals, (c) prostitutes and (d) fine defaulters, are currently in custody in (i) England and Wales and (ii) Greater London.

Mr. Brittan
The numbers of drunks and prostitutes in custody are not recorded. The available information is given in the following table: -------------------------------------------------------
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|Drunkenness offences                                 |
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|Offences relating to prostitution                    |
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|Fine defaulters                                      |
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|Classified on 31 December 1979 as mentally sub-normal|
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