§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which areas have(a) the greatest and (b) the lowest percentage of people sentenced at magistrates 10W courts to receive prison sentences; what are the percentages in each area; and what is the pecentage in Waltham Forest.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information is given in the table.
This information is published annually in volume 5 of the criminal statistics, England and Wales, supplementary tables, copies of which are in the Library.
Petty sessional divisions with the highest and lowest percentage of persons sentenced to immediate custody 1989 Petty sessional division Highest percentage Ardudwy-uwch-Artro1 21 Ashton-under-Lyne 21 Waltham Forest 8 11W
Petty sessional division Lowest percentage Brigg1 0 Buckingham1 0 Bulmer West1 0 Caistor1 0 Carmarthen North1 0 Crickhowell1 0 Cricklade 0 Cullompton 0 Diss1 Eccleshall1 0 Everley and Pewsey1 0 Gilling East1 0 Gogledd Preseli1 Hailsham 0 Hallikeld1 0 Hang East1 0 Holme Beacon1 0 Howdenshire1 0 Ilminster 0 Isles of Scilly1 0 Lambeth1 0 Llandrindod Wells1 0 Llanidloes1 0 Lutterworth1 0 Machynlleth1 0 Malmesbury1 0 Mansion House Justice Room1 0 Market Rasen1 0 Marlborough1 0 Middle Holderness1 0 Newtown 0 Plympton 0 Rhayader1 0 Rutland 0 Ryedale1 0 Saxmundham 0 South Holderness1 0 South Molton1 0 Stow 0 Swaffham 0 Talgarth1 0 Tisbury and Mere1 0 Usk1 0
Petty sessional division Lowest percentage Westbury 0 West London (Walton Street) 0 Whorwellsdown1 0 Wincanton1 0 Witon Beacon1 0 1 Fewer than 50 people sentenced at the magistrate's court.