§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, by Her Majesty's prisons in England and Wales, the number of persons remanded in custody and currently awaiting sentence, and the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorInformation on the prison department establishments in England and Wales in which remand prisoners were being held on 31 October 1983 is given in the attached table. Average waiting times for particular establishments could be provided only at disproportionate cost, but averages for the prison system as a whole—for 1982—were published in table 2(g) of "Prison Statistics, England and Wales"—Cmnd. 9027.
My noble and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor and my right hon. and learned Friend the Home Secretary continue to seek to shorten time spent on remand by measures aimed at reducing delay in the Crown court and magistrates' courts.
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Untried and convicted unsentenced population of Prison Department establishments in England and Wales on 31 October 1983: by establishment and type of prisoner Establishment Untried Convicted unsentenced Ashford 268 66 Bedford 120 29 Birmingham 278 65 Bristol 112 20 Brixton 572 47 Brockhill 180 51 Camp Hill 5 1 Canterbury 132 29 Cardiff RC 39 8 Cardiff Prison 73 17 Chelmsford — 103 Coldingley 71 — Dorchester 60 23 Durham 236 36 Exeter Prison 104 17 Exeter RC 39 9
Establishment Untried Convicted unsentenced Glen Parva 116 19 Gloucester 38 9 Holloway 142 75 Latchmere House 75 25 Leeds 540 78 Leicester 108 20 Lewes 324 30 Lincoln 167 37 Low Newton 160 51 Manchester RC 363 76 Manchester Prison 20 175 Norwich RC 44 14 Norwich Prison 115 20 Oxford 68 15 Pentonville 170 125 Pucklechurch 107 20 Reading 170 12 Risley 602 142 Shrewsbury 51 8 Swansea RC 30 7 Swansea Prison 46 11 Thorp Arch 182 44 Wandsworth — 114 Winchester Prison 129 52 Winchester RC 44 18 Wormwood Scrubs 270 — Total 6,370 1,718