§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the ages, locations and times spent in custody of the two 17 to 20-year-old males imprisoned for up to two months in 1981 for drunkenness.
§ Mr. MayhewThe two males aged 17 to 20 received into prison department establishments in England and Wales in 1981 for a period of imprisonment of over one and up to two months in default of payment of a fine for an offence of drunkenness were aged 19 and 20. One was received initially into Birmingham prison and the other into Lincoln prison. One served 16 days and the other served 42 days.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the ages, locations and times spent in custody of the two men aged 30 years and over who were held for two months in 1981 for drunkenness.
§ Mr. MayhewThe two males aged 30 and over received into prison department establishments in England and Wales in 1981 for a period of imprisonment of over two months in default of payment of a fine for an offence of drunkenness were aged 52 and 53. One was received initially into Exeter prison and the other into Norwich prison. One served 44 days and the other 60 days.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the ages and lengths of time spent in prison of each of the 64 women imprisoned in 1981 for default of payment of a fine for drunkenness.
§ Mr. MayhewThe information requested is given in the following table: 189W
Receptions into prison department establishments in England and Wales in 1981 of females aged 21 and over in default of payment of a fine for an offence of drunkenness: by age on reception and days served in default Age on reception Days served in default 21 8 21 8 21 10 22 * 22 5 22 7 23 2 23 8 23 4 24 5 24 5 24 5 25 4 25 5 26 9 26 5 27 3 27 20 27 5 27 10 28 9 28 12 30 4 32 12 33 5 33 19 33 14 34 5 34 4 34 5 35 5 35 2 35 38 35 7 36 5 36 22 37 7 38 13 39 2 40 5 41 5 43 5 43 4 44 5 44 5 44 6 45 4 45 5 45 5 45 14 47 5 49 9 49 5 50 9 51 5 52 6 52 6 52 5 52 4 52 4 53 5 53 5 66 5 67 5 * This prisoner also received a subsequent sentence for assault and the time served in default of payment of a fine is not readily available.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the ages, locations and times 190W spent in custody of each of the 14 17 to 20-year-old girls imprisoned in 1981 for default of payment of a fine for drunkenness.
§ Mr. MayhewThe information requested is given in the following table.
Receptions into prison department establishments in England and Wales in 1981 of females aged 17 to 20 in default of payment of a fine for an offence of drunkenness: by age on reception, initial reception establishment and days served in default Establishment on reception Age on reception Days served in default Holloway prison 17 1 Risley remand centre 18 3 Holloway prison 18 2 Holloway prison 18 5 Pucklechurch remand centre 18 9 Risley remand centre 18 10 Low Newton remand centre 19 4 Low Newton remand centre 19 5 Holloway prison 19 1 Holloway prison 19 5 Low Newton remand centre 20 2 Low Newton remand centre 20 10 Holloway prison 20 5 Risley remand centre 20 5
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the ages, locations, offences and times spent in custody of each of the three women aged 60 years and over imprisoned in 1981 as non-criminal prisoners.
§ Mr. MayhewThe three females aged 60 and over received as non-criminal prisoners into prison department establishments in England and Wales in 1981 were aged 62, 66 and 68. Two were received on committal into Holloway prison and one was received into Risley remand centre. Two were committed for non-payment of rates and one for contempt of court. One served two days in custody after committal, one served eight days and the other served 18 days.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women are currently in prison for not having a television licence.
§ Mr. MayhewThe information requested is not recorded centrally. However, because of the way in which the records happen to be held, in this case it has been possible to carry out a check of certain individual records which identified only three females in prison department establishments in England and Wales on 30 September 1982 who were in default of payment of a fine for not having a television licence.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women were imprisoned in 1981 for not having a television licence; and what was the average length of time spent in custody.
§ Mr. MayhewThe information requested is not recorded centrally. However, a recent survey exercise showed that in 1981 about 90 females were received into prison department establishments in England and Wales in default of payment of a fine for not having a television licence. Information on the average time they served in custody could be produced only at disproportionate cost; however, in about two thirds of these cases the time served was seven days or less.