HC Deb 26 July 1979 vol 971 c385W
Mr. Temple-Morris

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in each month for a period of one year for the last period for which figures are available how many boys and how many girls under the age of 16 years were being held in adult prisons.

Mr. Brittan

The information requested is shown in the following table:

Persons aged under 16 held in local prisons in England and Wales on the final day of each month June 1978 to May 1979.

Month Males Females Total
1978
June 6 3 9
July 6 2 8
August 5 1 6
September 4 3 7
October 3 5 8
November 5 6 11
December 2 2 4
1979
January 4 2 6
February 1 2 3
March .. .. ..
April 3 2 5
May 12 2 14
..Not available

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