§ Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average period of detention in custody for those on remand for charges of a non-violent character.
§ Mr. MayhewEstimates of the average time spent in custody by all untried and convicted unsentenced prisoners are published annually in "Prison statistics, England and Wales" (table 2(g) of the issue for 1980, Cmnd. 8372). Corresponding estimates are not available separately by type of offence charged and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, information on the numbers proceeded against who had been remanded in custody, by type of offence, is published annually in "Criminal statistics, England and Wales" (tables 8.4 and 8.8 of the volume for 1980, Cmnd. 8376).