§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were, for the most recent 12 month period, held in custody while awaiting trial; and how many of these were subsequently (a) acquitted or discharged (b) given a non-custodial sentence or (c) given a custodial sentence.
§ Mr. HurdThe latest available information is published in tables 2.1 and 2.2 of "Prison statistics, England and Wales 1982" (Cmnd. 9027).