HC Deb 17 May 1996 vol 277 c589W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each of the last 10 available years(a) for each of the former police authorities in Wales, (b) for Wales, (c) for England and (d) for England and Wales, the number of people (i) sentenced to terms

Number and percentage change of persons sentenced to immediate custody and remanded1 in custody by area for all offences 1984 to 1994
Area/Disposal Police force area 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1089 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Percentage change 1984 to 1994
Dyfed Powys
Immediate custody 354 372 248 294 267 266 289 369 314 420 412 +16
Gwent
Immediate custody 537 667 549 554 577 564 495 535 568 543 642 +20
North Wales
Immediate custody 829 815 736 789 837 805 670 766 596 700 742 -10
South Wales
Immediate custody 2,031 2,139 1,852 1,763 1,772 1,609 1,598 1,943 1,778 1,900 2,145 +6
Wales
Immediate custody 3,751 3,993 3,385 3,400 3,453 3,244 3,052 3,613 3,256 3,563 3,941 +5
England
Immediate custody 75,011 79,325 69,497 70,963 68,612 60,881 54,561 57,636 54,732 54,836 65,244 -13
England and Wales2
Immediate custody 78,762 83,318 72,882 74,363 72,065 64,125 57,613 61,249 57,988 58,399 69,185 -12
Remanded in custody 45,400 48,100 38,500 42,900 46,800 49,600 48,500 50,800 49,300 48,300 55,900 +23
1 Remand figures are available for England and Wales only, although figures quoted in this table should be taken as broad estimates only, due to data quality problems.
2Total figures cannot be calculated because there is double counting.

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