§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for each year since 1980, how many prisoners were remanded in custody prior to trial for scheduled and non-scheduled offences, respectively.
§ Mr. ScottThe information is as follows:
Year Offence type Scheduled Non-scheduled 1980 828 854 1981 1,373 1,092 1982 1,199 1,122 1983 1,154 1,009
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for each year since 1980, what was the average length of time that prisoners spent on custodial remand for scheduled and non-scheduled offences, respectively.
§ Mr. ScottThe information is as follows.
Average waiting time (number of weeks from first remand to termination of trial) 1980 1981 1982 1983 All persons 36 38 35 37 Persons charged with scheduled offences 43 44 39 46 Persons charged with non-scheduled offences 26 29 22 20
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many prisoners in 1982 and 1983 were remanded in custody prior to trial for periods between (a) 0 to 3 months, (b) 3 to 6 months, (c) 6 to 9 months, (d) 9 to 12 months, (e) 12 to 18 months and (f) over 18 months for scheduled and non-scheduled offences, respectively.
Disposal 1980 percentage
1981 percentage
1982 percentage
1983 percentage
Scheduled offences Non-custodial sentence 21 4 44 8 53 9 70 14 Custodial sentence 327 64 393 67 432 75 367 72 Discharged at Court (including acquittals) or absolute discharge 167 32 145 25 91 16 70 14 Total 515 100 582 100 576 100 507 100 Non-scheduled offences Non-custodial sentence 14 2 74 10 68 13 91 16 Custodial sentence 248 41 316 43 341 63 371 67 Discharged at court (including acquittals) or absolute discharge) 348 57 340 47 130 24 93 17 Total 610 100 730 100 539 100 555 100