Young Persons (Remand in Custody) (Hansard, 27 April 1981)

§ Mr. Mayhew

[pursuant to the reply, 30 March 1981, c. 6]: The information requested is given in the following table:

Unsentenced juveniles^* aged 14–16 in prisons and remand centres in England and Wales on 30 June 1980 whose date of initial remand in custody was three months or more before: by age, sex, length of remand in custody, location and eventual disposal
Age on 30 June 1980	Sex	Length of remand in custody in days^†	Location on 30 June 1980 and eventual disposal
16	male	158	Ashford remand centre Sentenced to detention during Her Majesty's pleasure (Section 53^* of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933)
16	male	127	Brockhill remand centre Sentenced to 6 months detention.
16	male	123	Brockhill remand centre Sentenced to 3 months detention.
16	male	113^‡	Latchmere House remand centre Found not guilty.
16	male	110	Winchester remand centre Sentenced to borstal training.
15	male	103	Latchmere House remand centre Supervision order.
16	male	103	Latchmere House remand centre Supervision order.
16	male	92	Cardiff remand centre Probation order
15	male	89	Risley remand centre Sentenced to borstal training
^* One of the 10 juveniles shown in the answer given to the hon. Member on 18 March 1981—[Vol. 1, c. 99–100]—had, in fact, been sentenced to borstal training on 6 June 1980.
^† As at 30 June 1980.
^‡ During this period he was held for 85 days on a further charge for which he received a conditional discharge.