§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how long each of the 97 women held on remand in 1977 and eventually found not guilty or not proceeded against had been imprisoned;
(2) how long, on average, the 1,288 women held on remand in 1977 and eventually given a non-custodial sentence had been imprisoned;
(3) how long each of the 32 girls aged 17 to 20 years held on remand in 1977 and eventually found not guilty or not proceeded with have been imprisoned;
(4) how long, on average, the 826 girls aged between 17 and 20 who were held on remand in 1977 and eventually given a non-custodial sentence had been imprisoned;
(5) how long each of the 37 schoolboys first received in prison establishments as untried prisoners in 1977 and subsequently found not guilty or not proceeded against had been held on remand and where;
(6) how long each of the 698 schoolboys received into prison establishments in 1977 and untried and who subsequently were given non-custodial sentences spent in prison and where;
(7) how long each of the 333 schoolboys first received in prison as convicted unsentenced prisoners in 1977, and subsequently 662W given non-custodial sentences had spent in prison and where.
§ Mr. Merlyn Rees:I regret that the information requested could not be obtained except at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many 15 to 16-year-old girls are currently held on remand in prison whilst awaiting sentence.
§ Mr. Merlyn Rees:I refer my hon. Friend to the reply my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State gave to his Question on 28th November. All five convicted unsentenced females aged 14 to 16 in prison department establishments in England and Wales on 30th September 1978 were aged 15 or 16.—[Vol. 959, c. 123.–4.]