HL Deb 06 February 1991 vol 525 cc49-50WA
Lord Harris of Greenwich

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many juveniles were remanded in custody in the latest year for which figures are available for (a) each local authority and (b) each police force area.

Lord Reay

The latest readily available information is given in the following table.

Untried and convicted unsentenced juveniles1 initially received into Prison Service establishments in England and Wales in the period 1st July 1988 to 30th June 1989: by county of court first committing
County of court first committing Number
Avon 10
Bedfordshire 18
Berkshire 26
Buckinghamshire 2
Cambridgeshire 2
Cheshire 7
Cleveland 79
Cornwall 5
Cumbria 3
Derbyshire 2

County of court first committing Number
Devon 9
Dorset 2
Durham 9
Essex 23
Gloucestershire 4
Hampshire 8
Hereford and Worcester 8
Hertfordshire 7
Humberside 39
Isle of Wight —
Kent 6
Lancashire —
Leicestershire 18
Lincolnshire 3
Greater London 114
Greater Manchester 31
Merseyside 18
Norfolk 10
Northamptonshire 7
Northumberland 23
Nottinghamshire 12
Oxfordshire 6
Shropshire 2
Somerset 13
Staffordshire 9
Suffolk 5
Surrey 15
East Sussex 12
West Sussex 6
Tyne & Wear 38
Warwickshire 2
West Midlands 46
Wiltshire 8
North Yorkshire 13
South Yorkshire 14
West Yorkshire 28
Clwyd —
Dyfed 1
Gwent 7
Gwynedd —
North Wales —
Powys 1
Mid Glamorgan 3
South Glamorgan 9
West Glamorgan 5
Court not recorded 818
All courts 1,566
1 The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate. Detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost.