HC Deb 27 February 1984 vol 55 cc4-5W
Mr. Whitfield

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of women in 1981, 1982 and 1983 who were remanded in custody were subsequently released without having had a custodial sentence imposed upon them.

Mr. Hurd

Figures for 1981 and provisional figures for 1982 are published in table 2.1 and table 2.2 respectively of "Prison statistics England and Wales 1982" (Cmnd. 9027). Figures for 1983 are not yet available.