HC Deb 27 April 1982 vol 22 c229W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Newham, North-West on 1 April, Official Report, c. 154–55, how many of the prisoners held in prison awaiting trial for periods exceeding one year were those awaiting trial for charges of murder, affray and rioting in Thornton Heath a year ago.

Mr. Mayhew

Information on the offences with which remand prisoners are charged is not collected centrally and could be made available only at disproportionate cost.