§ Mr. GrocottTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the latest figure on the proportion of prisoners held in custody who are unconvicted awaiting trial; and what was the corresponding figure for the nearest available comparable date in 1979.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggUntried prisoners in prison service establishments and police cells in England and Wales formed about 19 per cent. of the prison population on 31 December 1988 compared with about 9 per cent. on 31 December 1979.