§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the court furthest away from Holloway that has remanded a schoolgirl under 16 years of age to that prison in the last year.
§ Dr. Summerskill:During the year ending 30th September 1978, the Crown court at Leicester was the court furthest away from Holloway that remanded a girl under 16 years of age to that prison to await either trial or sentence.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to phase out the power to remand schoolgirls of 15 and 16 years of age.
§ Mr. Merlyn Rees:The draft Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (Transitional Modifications of Part I) Order 1978, which is at present laid before the House, prohibits the remand to prison department establishments under a certificate of unruliness of all girls aged under 17 years of age. If made, the order will come into operation on 1st March 1979. Courts will, of course, retain the power to remand girls of 15 and 16 to local authority care and to remand to prison department custody those committed to the Crown court for sentence with a view to borstal training.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if any 14 to 16-year-old schoolboys and girls are currently being held on remand in 122W police cells; and, if so, where and under what conditions.
§ Dr. Summerskill:On 22nd November, no one in this age group who had been committed to custody was being held in a police cell.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if any 14 to 16-year-old schoolboys on remand in prison department establishments share a cell with older prisoners; and, if so, of what age.
§ Dr. Summerskill:Boys of 14 to 16 may be located in single cells, or they may share cells with others of the same age; more rarely, they may share cells with young men under 21.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the 15 and 16-year-old schoolgirls on remand in prison department establishments share a cell with older prisoners; and, if so, of what age.
§ Dr. Summerskill:Girls of 15 and 16 may be located singly, or they may share a cell with other girls or with adult women if their circumstances suggest that this may be helpful to them.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the offences with which those schoolchildren remanded in local prisons at the latest convenient date were charged.
§ Dr. Summerskill:On 30th September 1978, there were five boys and three girls aged 14 to 16 awaiting trial in local prisons in England and Wales. Four of the boys were charged with murder, and one with assault occasioning bodily harm; one of the girls was charged with assault occasioning bodily harm, one with arson and one with both theft and assault.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many 14 to 16-year-old (a) boys and (b) girls were remanded to (i) prison and (ii) remand centres in the last year for which figures are available; and how many of these were eventually found not guilty or given a non-custodial sentence.
§ Dr. Summerskill:Of the 14 to 16-yearolds first received into prison department establishments in England and Wales in 123W 1977 before sentence, 100 males and 102 females were initially received into local prisons and 3,741 males and 129 females into remand centres. The latest available information on the disposals of these juveniles is contained in Table 2.1 of"Prison Statistics, England and Wales 1977 ", Cmnd. 7286.
UNSENTENCED PRISONERS AGED 14–16 IN PRISON DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHMENTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES ON 30TH SEPTEMBER 1978 By LOCATION Establishment Untried prisoners Convicted unsentenced prisoners* males females males females Remand centres— Ashford 1 — 3 — Brockhill 17 — 24 — Cardiff 3 — 5 — Exeter 1 — 1 — Latchmere House 25 — 42 — Low Newton. 9 — 16 — Norwich — — 6 — Pucklechurch 3 — 9 — Risley 16 3 39 1 Thorp Arch 12 — 13 — Winchester 4 — 4 — Local prisons— Bedford 1 — — — Birmingham 1 — — — Exeter 2 — — — Leicester 1 — — — Wormwood Scrubs — — 8 — Holloway — 3 — 4 Total 96 6 170 5 * Including those remanded without certificates of unruliness.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many 14 to 16-year-old (a) boys and (b) girls were in prison department establishments on the latest convenient date; if he will indicate how many had been on remand up to four weeks, four to six weeks, six to
UNSENTENCED PRISONERS AGED 14 TO 16 IN PRISON DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHMENTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES BY LENGTH OF TIME SINCE FIRST REMAND ON 30TH SEPTEMBER 1978 Period Untried prisoners Convicted unsentenceci prisoners Up to and including 4 weeks … 73 119 Over 4 weeks and up to and including 6 weeks … 8 25 Over 6 weeks and up to and including 8 weeks … 5 13 Over 8 weeks and up to and including 12 weeks … 2 8 Over 12 weeks and up to and including 16 weeks … 8 5 Over 16 weeks … 6 5 Total … 102 175
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many 14 to 16-year-old (a) boys and (b) girls were remanded to prison department
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§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will indicate the location and number of those 14 to 16-year-old boys and girls on remand in prison department establishments on the latest available date.
§ Dr. Summerskill:The information available is shown in the following table:
eight weeks, eight to 12 weeks, 12 to 16 weeks and over 16 weeks.
§ Dr. Summerskill:On 30th September 1978, 1,845 males and 54 females aged 14 to 16 were in prison department establishments in England and Wales. The following table shows the length of time since first remand of the 277 of them who were unsentenced.
establishments each month in 1976, 1977 and 1978.
§ Dr. Summerskill:The information available is shown in the following table:
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RECEPTIONS BEFORE SENTENCE OF JUVENILES AGED 14 TO 16 INTO PRISON DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHMENTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES 1976–78: ESTIMATED BY MONTH RECEPTIONS BEFORE SENTENCE OF JUVENILES AGED 14 TO 16 INTO PRISON DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHMENTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES 1976–78: ESTIMATED BY MONTH Untried Convicted unsentenced‡ Males Females Males Females Month 1976 1977 1978 1976 1977 1978 1976 1977 1978 1976 1977 1978 January … … … … … … … 323 304 191 23 19 12 255 180 171 18 19 10 February … … … … … … … 239 291 196 14 13 9 245 230 211 10 15 15 March … … … … … … … 295 284 196 20 13 8 256 235 241 19 12 14 April … … … … … … … 235 238 163 17 10 12 220 177 171 18 14 4 May … … … … … … … 238 228 162 18 8 7 232 219 180 16 4 9 June … … … … … … … 235 220 208 13 16 10 204 164 188 10 9 6 July … … … … … … … 274 202 183 23 13 11 205 165 187 16 16 18 August … … … … … … … 242 127 162† 18 9 11† 216 148 10 9 September … … … … … … … 263 166 185† 15 7 12† 236 165 12 8 October … … … … … … … 280 195 23 15 222 209 17 9 November … … … … … … … 259 193 13 11 232 207 11 16 December … … … … … … … 161 135 13 12 151 164 14 11 Total* … … … … … … 3,044 2,583 210 146 2,674 2,263 171 142 *As published in Table 2.2 of"Prison Statistics, England and Wales, 1977"Cmnd. 7286. The monthly breakdown is estimated. †Provisional. ‡Including those remanded without certificates of unruliness.