§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each prison in Wales the number of prisoners awaiting appeal hearings in the courts; and if he will detail the length of time in weeks that each prisoner so detained has thus far spent in prison.
§ Mr. BrittanThe information requested is shown in the following table:
Persons in prisons and remand centres in Wales on 10 December 1980 awaiting appeal hearings: by length of time in custody since lodging the appeal. Number of persons Establishment Length of time in custody since lodging appeal Cardiff prison and remand center Swansea prison Up to and including 4 weeks 2 6 Over 4 weeks up to and including 8 weeks 3 3 Over 8 weeks up to and including 12 weeks 3 6 Over 12 weeks up to and including 26 weeks 2 2 Over 26 weeks 0 1 Total 10 18
§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of persons held in each prison in Wales for each of the previous five years and classify such information by type of offence that conviction was secured.
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§ Mr. BrittanTo provide all the information requested would involve disproportionate cost. Information for 30 June 1979 and 30 June 1980 is given in the following table:
Population of Cardiff prison and remand centre and Swansea prison on 30 June 1979 and 30 June 1980 by offence group Offence group Number of persons Cardiff Swansea 30 June 1979 30 June 1980 30 June 1979 30 June 1980 Sentenced population: Violence against the person 50 68 50 53 Sexual offences 22 18 14 9 Burglary 88 101 76 71 Robbery 10 7 17 22 Theft, handling, fraud and forgery 116 130 57 60 Other offences 44 40 33 28 Offence not known 5 2 4 — Total 335 366 251 243 Other prisoners 111 165 56 58 All prisoners 446 531 307 301