HC Deb 05 December 1983 vol 50 cc10-1W
Mr. Peter Bruinvels

asked 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. Mellor

Information 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.

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

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