§ Sir Charles IrvingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many men and women were being held in custody on remand in the United Kingdom(a) from year end 1987 to year end 1988 and (b) from year end 1988 to year end 1989.
§ Mr. MellorInformation for 1987 to 1988 was published in table 1.2 of "Prison Statistics England and Wales 1988" (Cm. 825), a copy of which is in the Library. The readily available figures for 1989 are given in the table: