HC Deb 01 June 1981 vol 5 c247W
Mr. McCrindle

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people spent time in prison on remand in 1980; and how many of these were given prison sentences on trial.

Mr. Mayhew

Information on the number of those received into prison department establishments on remand and their ultimate disposal is published annually in "Prison statistics England and Wales"—tables 2.1 and 2.2 of the olume for 1979, Cmnd. 7978. Figures for 1980 are not yet available.