§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been remanded in custody so far in 1984; and how many of these were because of a refusal to accept bail conditions.
§ Mr. HurdIt is provisionally estimated that about 30,000 untried or convicted unsentenced prisoners were first received into custody in prison department establishments in England and Wales in the first six months of 1984. The reason for the committal is not recorded centrally.