§ Mr. MaudeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners on remand were(a) acquitted and (b) given a non-custodial sentence in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion each figure forms of the total prison population in each of these years. [163252]
§ Paul GogginsThe first table gives information relating to the estimated number of prisoners received on remand who were(a) acquitted and (b)given a non-custodial sentence in each of the last 10 years.
The average annual population of remand prisoners from 1993 to 2002 is given in the second table. It is not possible to calculate the number received on remand who were later acquitted or given a non-custodial sentence as a proportion of the remand population. To do so would require the time served on remand for each of these prisoners which is not available. Secondly, some of the time spent on remand counts towards some, or all, of the sentence served. 1605W
Table 2:Average Population of remand Prisoners in custody1 1993 to 2002 Annual average 1993 10,674 1994 12,357 1995 11,375 1996 11,613 1997 12,131 1998 12,568 1999 12,520 2000 11,274 2001 11,238 2002 12,792 1 Includes Prisoners held in police cell in 1993 to 1995.