Prison Population Projections 2014 – 2020 
21 November 2014. The latest projections assume demand in the courts 
remains at this higher level. 
Table 1 summarises these changes.  
Table 1: Population in custody changes from 2006 to 2014  
Start of Year End of Yea r
June 2006 to June 2007 77,982 79,734 2.2%
June 2007 to June 2008 79,734 83,194 4.3%
June 2008 to June 2009 83,194 83,454 0.3%
June 2009 to June 2010 83,454 85,002 1.9%
June 2010 to June 2011 85,002 85,374 0.4%
June 2011 to June 2012 85,374 86,048 0.8%
June 2012 to June 2013 86,048 83,842 -2.6%
June 2013 to June 2014 83,842 85,509 2.0%
Offender Management Statistics Year on year % 
difference
 
Further statistics and commentary on the changes seen in prison population 
over the last year, is presented in the Offender Management Statistics 
Quarterly publication. This is available online on GOV.UK at: 
www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quar terly 
 
 
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