§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the ages, locations, offences and times spent in custody of each of the two 14 to 16-year-old boys given an immediate prison sentence for vagrancy in 1981.
§ Mr. Mayhew[pursuant to his reply, 2 December, c. 289–90]: In 1981 two males aged 16 were given detention centre orders for offences of loitering with intent to commit an arrestable offence. One was received into Kirklevington detention centre and the other into North Sea Camp detention centre. One spent 44 days and the other spent 48 days in custody under sentence.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the secretary of state for the Home Department what are the ages, locations, offences 629W and times spent in custody of each of the two 17 to 20-year-old girls given an immediate prison sentence in 1981 for vagrancy.
§ Mr. Mayhew[pursuant to his reply, 2 December, c. 289–90]: Further investigation has shown that the offences for which these two females were sentenced were misclassified; both were found guilty of loitering for the purposes of prostitution and should have been classified under "Offences relating to prostitution". Both were aged 19 and were received into Risley remand centre. One spent 12 days and the other 14 days in custody under sentence.