Written question asked by David Davis (Conservative) on Thursday, 22 May 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 10 June 2003. It was answered by Paul Goggins (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 June 2003 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the population of each prison in Haltemprice and Howden was in the last quarter for which figures are available; and what the figures were for the preceding four quarters. - Inc table.

Answer: David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the population of each prison in Haltemprice and Howden was in the last quarter for which figures are available; and what the figures were for the preceding four quarters. [116733] Paul Goggins: There are two prisons in the hon. Member's constituency, Everthorpe and Wolds. The population data for each of the two prisons for the most recent and the preceding four quarters is given in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 31 March 2002 30 June 2002 30 September 2002 31 December 2002 31 March 2003 Everthorpe 385 374 374 365 375 Wolds 405 409 403 3111 348 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Decrease in population at Wolds because of change of use from local prison to category C training prison.

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