§ Mr. William Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons below the age of 18 years were detained for any period in Her Majesty's prisons between 1st January and 30th April, 1965; what was the longest continuous period any such young person was so detained; and how many such young persons were serving a sentence of imprisonment.
§ Miss BaconI regret that information in this form is not available. The number of persons aged 17 who were received into prison under sentence of imprisonment during the first three months of 1965 is provisionally estimated to have been 45 males and 3 females. Of these one male was sentenced to five years, two to four years, one to 18 months, three to six months, and four to three months imprisonment. Thirty-four206W males and three females were sentenced to imprisonment for less than three months. Details of persons under 21 who were in custody in prisons and remand centres on 20th April, 1965, are as follows:
PERSONS UNDER 21 IN CUSTODY IN PRISONS AND REMAND CENTRES ON 20TH APRIL, 1965 PRISONS Male Female Untried 218 17 Young prisoners 3 years and over 228 4 over 6 months and under 3 years 279 2 6 months and under 330 20 Borstal inmates awaiting transfer to allocation centre or recall centre 229 3 others 96 — Other convicted prisoners (e.g. Magistrates' Courts Act 1952, sections 14(3), 28 and 29) 214 26 Total 1,594 72
REMAND CENTRES Male Female Untried 207 4 Young prisoners 3 years and over 3 — over 6 months and under 3 years 6 — 6 months and under 40 2 Borstal inmates awaiting transfer to allocation centre or recall centre 23 2 others 4 — Other convicted prisoners (e.g. Magistrates' Courts Act 1952, sections 14(3), 28 and 29) 396 16 Total 679 24