§ Mr. EtheringtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each year since 1989 the total number of young people serving youth custody sentences.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Bill Etherington, dated 9 February 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking if he will list for each year since 1989 the total number of young people serving youth custody sentences.The information you have requested is given in the following table.
Average population1 of sentenced young offenders in Prison Service establishments, England and Wales: 1989 to 1993 Year Average population 1989 7,232 1990 6,264 1991 5,859 1992 5,469 1993 5,131 1 Includes a small number held in police cells in some years. Source: Table 1.5, Prison Statistics, England and Wales, 1991, (Cm 2157) and Home Office Statistical Bulletin 7/93, Table 1 for figures 1989–92.