§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the actual or approximate number of persons held on remand for (a) from 20 to 40 days, (b) from 40 to 110 days and (c) for more than 110 days, respectively, prior to indictable trial in England and Wales in the course of 1982.
§ Mr. MellorThe information requested is not available. The records held centrally on those held in prison department establishments in England and Wales identify only the time between the first remand and the date of the finding of the court; moreover this may include some time spent on bail.