§ Mr. Wheelerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were remanded or committed in custody in 1979; and of these, how many were under 17 years of age.
§ Mr. BrittanInformation on the number of those received on remand is published annually in " Prison Statistics England and Wales" (tables 2.1 and 2.2 of the volume for 1978, Cmnd. 7626). Figures for 1979 are not yet available.