§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, further to his answer of 8 March relating to Metropolitan Police statistics, he will list the categories of statistics the Metropolitan Police collect; whether they are collected together, and if so, in what form; and if he will identify those statistics which are published, and the documents in which they are published.
§ Mr. Mayhew[pursuant to his reply, 11 March 1982, c. 468.]: We understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that statistics are collected centrally within the Metropolitan Police in respect of personnel matters, complaints against police, traffic accidents, breath tests, fixed penalty notices, juveniles referred to
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Population of Ashford remand centre aged under 21 at 31 December 1981 Age Eestimated number (rounded) 15 — 16 — 17 45 18 65 19 70 20 85 TOTAL 265
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inmates aged less than 21 years held in Ashford remand centre on the most recent convenient date were untried, convicted but unsentenced, and sentenced, respectively.
§ Mr. Mayhew[pursuant to his reply, 12 March 1982, c. 502.]: On 31 December 1981 there were about 185 untried, 45 convicted unsentenced and 30 sentenced prisoners aged under 21 in Ashford remand centre.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many untried or unsentenced inmates held in Ashford remand centre on the most recent convenient date had been there for less than three weeks, for three weeks or more, three months or more, and six months or more, respectively.
§ Mr. Mayhew[pursuant to his reply, 12 March, c. 502]: The information readily available is given in the following table.
juvenile bureaux, court proceedings and cautions issued by police. In respect of crime the information collected relates to all serious offences recorded by the police and others for which a crime report is completed, arrests and offences cleared up. A large number of regular tables is produced. Statistics are also maintained locally but not necessarily on comparable bases.
Information is published by the Metropolitan Police annually in the Commissioner's annual report. Some information for the Metropolitan Police district is also given by the Home Office in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales"; in Home Office statistical bulletins on "Offences of drunkenness, England and Wales", "Statistics of deaths in policy custody", "Statistics of the operation of Section 62 of the Criminal Law Act 1977" and 177W "Statistics on the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1974 and 1976"; and in "Offences Relating to Motor Vehicles: Supplementary Tables". Information for the Metropolitan Police district is also included by the Greater London Council in its "Annual abstract of statistics" and by the Department of Transport in "Road Accidents Great Britain".