HC Deb 06 February 1979 vol 962 cc88-9W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of (a) boys and (b) girls received into prison departments under certificate of unruliness for each month in 1978, indicating in each case, the offence the establishment to which remanded, the period of remand, and the age of the school-child.

Mr. John

All the information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, the following table shows the number of juveniles received into custody to await trial in each of the months August to December 1978; for data for earlier months of 1978, I refer my hon. Friend to the reply my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State gave to his question on 28 November. The reply I gave to a question by the hon. Member for Chislehurst (Mr. Sims) on 23 January is also relevant.—[Vol. 959, c. 123–6; Vol. 961, c. 85–8.]

Receptions to await trial of juveniles aged 14 to 16 into prison department establishments in England and Wales: August-December 1978 (*).

Month Males Females
August … 60(†) 12(†)
September … 184(†) 12
October … 166 14
November … 176 13
December … 110 6
(*) Provisional figures.
(†) Revised