§ Mrs. Renee Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many custodial places are available for young offenders in (a) borstals, (b) young offenders' prisons and (c) wings of ordinary prisons; and what are their locations;
(2) how many young offenders were serving custodial sentences in (a) borstals, (b) young offenders' prisons and (c) wings of ordinary prisons at the latest convenient date;
(3) if he will list the kinds of regime a young offender may be likely to undergo if a custodial sentence is passed on him; and what is the number of places available in each.
§ Mr. BrittanThe regimes in young offender establishments are described in the Home Office publication "Prisons and the Prisoner" and the Home Office note of guidance to staff on the tougher regimes pilot project, copies of which are available in the House of Commons Library. Some young offenders serve their sentence in detention centres; the certified normal accommodation of the senior centres is 1,322 and of the junior centres. 657. Others serve sentences in 635W borstal, young prisoner centres or wings of local prisons; their numbers on 31 March 1980 are shown below together with details of the relevant certified normal accommodation. The remaining 1,303 (1,172 male, 131 female) young prisoners were mainly accommodated in
Population as at 31 March 1980 CNA Closed Borstals Bullwood Hall … … … … … … 97 137 Deerbolt … … … … … … 299 300 Dover … … … … … … 193 246 Everthorpe … … … … … … 368 304 Feltham … … … … … … 261 270 Glen Parva … … … … … … 284 300 Grendon … … … … … … 3 25 Hindley … … … … … … 323 323 Huntercombe … … … … … … 168 170 Manchester (Borstal Allocation Centre) … … 241 148 Portland … … … … … … 408 519 Rochester … … … … … … 321 376 Stoke Heath … … … … … … 432 360 Styal … … … … … … 22 32 Wellingborough … … … … … … 341 344 Wormwood Scrubs (Borstal Allocation Centre) … 137 175 Total … … … … … … 3,898 4,029 Open Borstals East Sutton Park … … … … … 45 40 Finnamore … … … … … … 47 79 Gaynes Hall … … … … … … 121 161 Guys Marsh … … … … … … 135 265 Hatfield (Main) … … … … … … 192 180 Hatfield (Gringley) … … … … … 71 72 Hewell Grange … … … … … … 121 136 Hollesley Bay … … … … … … 266 332 Lowdham Grange … … … … … 175 304 Usk (Prescoed) … … … … … … 71 104 Wetherby … … … … … … 233 240 Total … … … … … … 1,477 1,913 Young Prisoner Centres Aylesbury … … … … … … 314 295 Castington … … … … … … 54 60 Erlestoke … … … … … … 190 205 Onley … … … … … … 351 420 Swinfen Hall … … … … … … 179 182 Total … … … … … … 1,088 1,162 Young Prisoner Wings in Local Prisons Exeter … … … … … … 44 45 Liverpool … … … … … … 258 180 Manchester … … … … … … 202 174 Total … … … … … … 504 399
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young offenders were serving probation orders at the latest convenient date; and how this compares with the figures for each of the previous seven years.
636Wother local prisons and remand centres. As there needs to be some flexibility in the allocation of accommodation as between adults and young prisoners in these establishments it is not possible to specify certified normal accommodation figures applicable.
§ Mr. BrittanWe shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many attendance centres for young offenders are currently operating; how many places are available in each at the 637W latest convenient date; and how many more are planned;
(2) how many attendance centres for adult offenders are currently operating; how many places are available in each at the latest convenient date; and how many more are planned.
§ Mr. BrittanThere are at present 90 junior attendance centres for juvenile offenders aged 10–16 (eight of which are also taking 17 and 18-year-old boys on an experimental basis) and two senior centres for male offenders aged 17–20. Attendance centres have no set capacity—the staffing levels, hours, and frequency of opening are adjusted to meet increases in the numbers attending. Eleven more junior and five more senior centres are currently at the planning stage and more will be opened where figures for offending show that additional provision is justified.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young offenders were subject to community service orders in 1979 and for each of the preceding five years; and what percentage was successfully completed in each case.
§ Mr. BrittanWe shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
PERSONS AGED 17 AND UNDER 21 GIVEN A SUSPENDED SENTENCE OR BREACHING THE CONDITIONS OF A SUSPENDED SENTENCE England and Wales Numbers Year Number given a suspended sentence Number breaching a suspended sentence* 1973 3,307 845 1974 3,871 874 1975 4,556 1,060 1976 4,793 1,156 1977 5,080 1,167 1978 5,614 1,213 * By being convicted of a further offence punishable by imprisonment.