§ Mr. Ron Thomasasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children are in Her Majesty's prisons at the present time with their mothers who are on remand.
§ Dr. SummerskillOne.
§ Mr. Ron Thomasasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a frequency distribution 492W indicating the offences committed and the sentences imposed on mothers who are at present in Her Majesty's prisons with their children.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe 24 women were sentenced as follows:
Offence and Length of Sentence
- Drug offences (4)—7 years; 4 years; 2 years; 15 months.
- Theft (8)—2 years; 21 months; 18 months (2); 15 months (2); 12 months; 6 months.
- Robbery (3)—4 years; 3 years; 18 months.
- Burglary (4)—45 months; 3 years; 18 months; 12 months.
- Deception (2)—18 months (2).
- Conspiring to defraud—18 months.
- Conspiring to steal—4 years.
- Criminal damage—30 months.
The 12 borstal trainees who had babies with them were sentenced for theft (5); burglary (4); handling stolen goods (1); robbery (1); and wounding (1).
§ Mr. Ron Thomasasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children are in Her Majesty's prisons at the present time with their mothers who are serving prison sentences.
§ Dr. SummerskillTwenty-four. There are in addition 12 babies with their mothers who are serving sentences of borstal training.