§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the alleged offences of each of the 10 persons who have been held on remand in custody for more than two years.
§ Mr. MayhewThe estimate of 10 persons first remanded in custody more than two years earlier, given in my reply to a question from the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury (Mr. Cunningham)—[Vol. 13, c. 287]—was based on the identification of nine persons who on 30 September 1981 stood charged with the following offences:
number Conspiracy to Rob 1 Robbery/possession of ammunition 1 Conspiracy to evade prohibition on importation of drugs 4 Conspiracy to defraud 2 Burglary 1 Total 9 All of these persons had spent substantial periods on bail. Only three of them had spent more than a year, and none more than two years, in custody.