§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the ages, offences, locations, and times spent in custody of the 52 14 to 16-year-old girls received as convicted unsentenced in 1981 but given non-custodial sentences.
§ Mr. Mayhew[pursuant to his reply, 15 December, c. 139–40]: The available information is given in the following table:
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Age on initial reception on remand Offence Initial reception establishment Days between initial remand in custody and date of disposal at court† 16 Other theft Holloway 59 16 Burglary Low Newton 33 16 Burglary Low Newton 38 16 Burglary Pucklechurch 18 16 Criminal damage Pucklechurch 47 16 Wounding Pucklechurch 67 16 Other Risley 18 16 Other Risley 18 16 Wounding Risley 22 16 Other theft Risley 25 16 Fraud Risley 28 16 Offences relating to prostitution Risley 101 16 Fraud Risley 39 16 Wounding Risley 64 16 Other offences of violence against the person Risley 101 * The information is that recorded centrally and is approximate; detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost. † Including any time spent on bail after the initial remand in custody.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many 14 to 16-year-old boys were remanded to prison department establishments on unruly certificates in 1981.
§ Mr. Mayhew[pursuant to his reply, 15 December, c. 139–40]: The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The number of certificates of unruliness issued is considerably greater than the number of boys received. However, a boy aged 15 or 16—and up to 31 March 1981 a boy aged 14—who is awaiting trial may be remanded in custody in a prison or remand centre in England and Wales only if a court certifies that he is so unruly that he cannot safely be committed to the care of a local authority. In 1981 there were about 1,700 receptions into prison department establishments of untried males aged 14 to 16. A boy aged 15 or 16—and up to 31 March 1981 a boy aged 14—who is convicted but unsentenced may also be remanded in custody in a prison or remand centre only with a certificate of unruliness except if he is aged 15 or 16 and has been committed under section 37 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, with a view to borstal sentence. In 1981 there were about 2,200 receptions of convicted unsentenced males aged 14 to 16 into prison department establishments.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the age of each of the 24 14 to 16-year-old boys received as untried but found not guilty in 1981; where each was held; and for how long.
§ Mr. Mayhew[pursuant to his reply, 15 December, c. 140]: The information requested is given in the following table:
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Receptions*‡ on remand into prison department establishments in England and Wales in 1981 of males aged 14 to 16 subsequently found not guilty or not proceeded with: by age, reception establishment and length of time between initial remand in custody and date of disposal at court. Initial reception establishment Age on initial reception on remand Days between intitial remand in custody and date of disposal at court† Cardiff 14 29 Risley 14 72 Brockhill 15 15 Brockhill 15 26
Initial reception establishment Age on initial reception on remand Days between intitial remand in custody and date of disposal at court† Risley 15 205 Brockhill 16 8 Brockhill 16 33 Cardiff 16 127 Latchmere House 16 11 Latchmere House 16 36 Latchmere House 16 46 Latchmere House 16 50 Latchmere House 16 58 Latchmere House 16 70 Latchmere House 16 98 Latchmere House 16 99 Latchmere House 16 141 Latchmere House 16 170 Manchester 16 98 Risley 16 2 Risley 16 8 Risley 16 73 Risley 16 98 Winchester 16 156 * The information is that recorded centrally and is approximate; detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost. † Including any time spent on bail after the initial remand in custody. ‡ Since 31 March 1981 the power to remand to prison department establishments has not been available for boys aged 14.