Chris Huhne:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people (a) of each sex and (b) in each age group have been admitted to prison in each year since 1997. [286732]
Maria Eagle:
The following table gives the number of people received into prison under an immediate custodial sentence by age group and sex. This excludes those received on remand that did not subsequently enter prison under sentence in the same year, fine defaulters and non-criminals.
Receptions into prison establishments( 1) under an immediate custodial sentence by age and sex, England and Wales
Number of persons
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Male
All ages
75,985
80,059
83,422
84,189
83,292
85,895
84,252
85,062
82,390
80,436
82,205
15-17
5,365
5,283
5,523
5,530
5,598
5,392
4,729
4,986
4,971
5,127
5,165
18-20
12,525
13,245
14,264
14,567
14,101
13,512
12.345
12,252
11,770
11,845
12,778
21-24
15,794
15,608
15,905
16,621
16,866
17,754
17,147
16,527
15,138
14,520
14,535
25-29
16,180
17,086
17,133
17,085
16,113
16,642
16,146
16,038
15,105
14,801
15,146
30-39
17,431
19,365
20,596
20,567
20,525
22,202
22,704
22,612
22,136
20.771
20,346
40-49
5,935
6,422
6,772
6,726
6,993
7,356
7.985
9,108
9,623
9,647
10,258
50-59
2,160
2,408
2,505
2,319
2,376
2,347
2.448
2,708
2,791
2,805
2,950
60 and over
595
642
724
774
720
690
748
831
856
920
1,027
Female
All ages
4,847
5,849
6,816
7,006
7,231
7,720
7,993
8,264
8,024
7,698
8,056
15-17
252
302
354
304
305
346
189
186
204
164
191
18-20
601
769
879
932
965
986
916
840
874
849
888
21-24
973
1,113
1,368
1,450
1,520
1,667
1,781
1,674
1,502
1,375
1,326
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25-29
1,071
1,311
1,516
1,477
1,606
1,694
1,786
1,825
1,695
1,596
1,720
30-39
1,325
1,618
1,909
2,041
2,042
2,157
2.352
2,519
2,422
2,403
2,485
40-49
480
582
584
602
605
725
773
986
1,072
1,043
1,135
50-59
125
135
184
166
162
122
173
200
214
216
258
60 and over
20
19
22
34
26
23
23
34
41
52
53
(1) Excludes police cells.
The table is taken from table 6.6 in the Offender Management Caseload Statistics 2007, a copy of which can be found in the Libraries of the House and which can be found at the following website:
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.
Prisoners: Drugs
Chris Huhne:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people (a) of each sex and (b) in each age group admitted to prison have tested positive for illegal drugs on arrival in each of the last 10 years; and which drug or drugs they tested positive for. [286736]
Maria Eagle:
Prisoners can be subject to mandatory and clinical drug tests on reception. Clinical drug test results are not held centrally and can be obtained only by surveying 138 establishments, which would be at disproportionate cost.
Not all prisons operate reception mandatory testing, and of those that do, not all are on new receptions into custody.
However, the number of positive samples by gender under the mandatory drug testing (MDT) programme on reception is given in the following table. It is not possible to provide figures by age group.
MDT conducted on reception
Number of positive samples for each drug
Total number of positive samples
Cannabis
Opiates
Cocaine
Benzodiazepines
Methadone
Amphetamines
Barbiturates
LSD
Buprenorphine
Female prisoners
1999-2000
3
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2000-01
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2001-02
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2002-03
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2003-04
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2004-05
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2005-06
3
1
2
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
2006-07
41
14
25
27
27
6
0
4
0
0
2007-08
13
1
10
8
11
1
0
0
0
2
2008-09
36
15
16
12
17
4
0
0
0
5
Male prisoners
1999-2000
776
534
282
72
140
18
19
3
0
2
2000-01
1,024
640
476
156
299
30
26
3
0
10
2001-02
508
313
220
86
140
13
19
2
0
7
2002-03
485
300
195
90
160
12
9
3
0
8
2003-04
491
330
154
84
138
12
10
9
0
23
2004-05
687
488
175
91
164
11
25
8
0
66
2005-06
860
555
254
91
177
27
19
16
0
82
2006-07
1,087
643
350
120
263
47
24
9
0
74
2007-08
1,456
860
489
149
391
109
34
9
0
128
2008-09
1,302
782
365
142
342
120
15
5
0
183
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Notes:
1. MDT results are recorded anonymously. It is possible therefore that some positive samples relate to the same prisoner.
2. The sum of the number of positive samples for each drug is greater than the total number of positive samples. This is due to some samples testing positive for more than one drug.
3. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. The data are not subject to audit.
