HC Deb 28 October 1982 vol 29 cc537-8W
Mr. Greenway

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young offenders are detained in adult prisons; and in which prisons.

Mr. Mayhew

The latest readily available information is given in the following table:

Population ' aged 21 in adult prisons†in England and Wales on 30 September 1982
Prison Number
Askham Grange 7
Bedford 49
Birmingham 122
Bristol 35
Brixton 7
Canterbury 69
Cookham Wood 11
Drake Hall 19
Durham 37
Exeter‡ 80
Gloucester 15
Grendon‡ 57
Holoway 72
Leeds 197
Leicester 35
Lewes 180
Lincoln 103
Liverpool‡ 266
Manchester 388
Moor Court 6
Norwich 6
Oxford 37
Reading 53
Shrewsbury 33
Styal 24
Winchester 5
TOTAL 1,913

*Includes remand prisoners.

†Excludes remand centres.

‡Adult prisons with young prisoner wings.