§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women were in prison mother-and-baby units on the most recent convenient date.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggOn 13 May, there were 70 women in prison mother-and-baby units.
§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what proportion of sentenced male and female prisoners, respectively, on the most recent convenient date had not served a previous custodial sentence;
(2) what proportion of sentenced males and females under 21 years who were received into prison in the most recent convenient year had not previously served a custodial sentence;
(3) what proportion of sentenced males and females under 21 years in custody on the most recent convenient date had not previously served a custodial sentence;
(4) what proportion of sentenced males and females under 21 years received into custody in the most recent convenient year had not previously served a custodial sentence.
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§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe information requested is not recorded centrally. The readily available statistics relate to all previous convictions and are published annually in "Prison Statistics England and Wales" (tables 3.5, 3.11, 4.3, 4.10, 5.3 and 5.10 of the latest volume, for 1986, (Cm. 210)), copies of which are in the Library.