§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he last met the chief executive of the Prison Service to discuss availability of prison places; and if he will make a statement. [7905]
§ Mr. HowardI have regular meetings with the Director General of the Prison Service covering a wide range of issues. The availability of prison places is one of those issues.
Persons aged 10 to 16 convicted at all courts by age and month, 1995 England and Wales, all types of offence Age 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 All aged 10 to 16 January 16 37 100 291 666 1,093 1,464 3,667 February 4 33 97 293 631 1,078 1,464 3,600 March 9 28 118 279 707 1,184 1,601 3,926 April 1 31 78 200 491 875 1,280 2,956 May 4 40 92 224 586 1,010 1,414 3,370 June 4 35 107 258 611 1,073 1,431 3,519 July 4 26 75 235 564 1,015 1,488 3,407 August 2 27 81 231 566 1,076 1,490 3,473 September 3 29 85 245 520 909 1,371 3,162 October 3 34 75 257 609 1,085 1,519 3,582 November 7 19 99 233 590 1,154 1,569 3,671 December 8 23 82 164 443 824 1,244 2,788 Total 65 362 1,089 2,910 6,984 12,376 17,335 41,121
§ Mr. CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the results of pilot schemes on the electronic tagging of adults; and if he will include a statistical breakdown of the results. [7504]
§ Mr. SackvilleThe report of the Home Office's evaluation of the first year of trials of electronic monitoring is due to be published later this month. It will include the relevant statistics.