You asked
Please provide:
- Income and employment status of those arrested and in prison
- UK prison population
- UK prison population for the years 2008 and 2014
We said
Thank you for your enquiry relating to prison population data in the UK.
We do not hold the information that you have requested.
We publish data relating to crime statistics from two main sources: The Crime Survey for England and Wales and crime recorded by the police and focus on the victims of crime.
The Ministry of Justice are responsible for the collection and publication of data on prison populations in England and Wales, whilst the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland executive are responsible for the equivalent information pertaining to their jurisdictions. They can be contacted at the following addresses:
Ministry of Justice: data.access@justice.gov.uk
Scottish Government: ceu@gov.scot
Northern Ireland Executive: foi@justice-ni.x.gsi.gov.uk