HC Deb 17 July 1973 vol 860 cc101-2W
Mr. Leadbitter

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the numbers held in custody without trial at the latest available date in each of the prisons in England and Wales.

Mr. Carlisle

The table below sets out the numbers of persons awaiting trial in prisons and remand centres in England and Wales on 30th June 1973.

Males
Ashford 183
Bedford 51
Birmingham 120
Bristol 47
Brixton 715
Brockhill 75
Canterbury 62
Cardiff 57
Dorchester 29
Durham 80
Exeter 90
Gloucester 33
Latchmere House 95
Leeds 169
Leicester 52
Lewes 63
Lincoln 87
Low Newton 47
Norwich 47
Oxford 86
Pucklechurch 22
Risley 404
Shrewsbury 16
Swansea 13
Thorp Arch 38
Winchester 79
Wormwood Scrubs 1
Total Males 2, 761

Females
Brixton 2
Holloway 27
Low Newton 4
Pucklechurch 10
Risley 34
Total Females 77
Grand Total 2, 838

Mr. Leadbitter

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of persons held in custody without trial at the latest available date for each of the offences for which they are charged.

Mr. Carlisle

Information about the offences with which persons awaiting trial have been charged is not readily available and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.