§ Mr. Alex Carlileasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many 15 and 16-year-old males who were sentenced to periods of custody by the courts in England and Wales served part of their sentence in an adult prison establishment during (a) 1984, (b) 1985 and (c) the first 10 weeks of 1986.
§ Mr. Mellor[pursuant to his reply, 27 March 1986, c. 548]: Details of every establishment in which such a prisoner has served a sentence are not recorded centrally. The available information relates to the initial reception under sentence and is given in the following table. Juveniles initially received into adult prisons usually spend a very short period in an adult prison before being transferred to another establishment. It is normal for young males to be kept apart from adult males.
Males aged 15 or 16 initially remanded into adult prisons in England and Wales: by type of initial remand Number* 1984 1985† January and February 1986† Untried Convicted unsentenced Untried Convicted unsentenced Untried Convicted unsentenced Adult prisons with remand units/wings for prisoners aged under 21‡ 10 15 5 15 — 5 Remand centres taking remand prisoners of all ages║ 420 35 430 40 75 5 Other adult prisons 35 5 45 10 10 — * The figures are those recorded centrally and are rounded estimates. † Provisional. ‡ Cardiff, Dorchester, Exeter, Liverpool, Manchester, Norwich, Swansea and Winchester. ║ Ashford, Low Newton, Manchester, Pucklechurch and Risley.