§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders aged under 21 years are currently held in (a) young prisoners' wings of local prisons, (b) ordinary wings of local prisons and (c) other prison establishments catering largely for adults.
§ Mr. MayhewThe latest readily available information is given in the following table:
Population* aged under 21 in adult prisons† in England and Wales on 30 September 1982: by type of prison Type of prison† Number* Local prisons with young prisoner wings 690 Other local prisons 1,055 Closed prisons, with young prisoner wings 101 Other adult prisons 67 Total 1,913 *Includes remand prisoners.
†Excludes remand centres.