§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many males and females were remanded in custody prior to trial in 1984.
§ Mr. MellorInformation on the number of untried males and females received into Prison Department establishments is published annually in "Prison Statistics, England and Wales" (Table 2.3 of the latest volume for 1983, Cmnd. 9363). Provisional information about untried males received in 1984 will be published shortly in a Home Office Statistical Bulletin (Issue No. 8/85) on "The Prison Population 1984". Information on the number of persons remanded in custody on committal for trial for indictable offences is published annually in "Criminal Statistics 1983" (Table 8.7 of the latest volume for 1983, Cmnd. 9349). Separate figures for males and females could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average length of time spent on remand in custody for (a) London and (b) the rest of England and Wales, during 1984.
§ Mr. MellorInformation is not available centrally on the average time spent on remand in different560W establishments. The available information about the average time spent in custody by all untried and by all convicted unsentenced prisoners is published annually in "Prison Statistics England and Wales" (Table 2(g) of the latest issue for 1983, Cmnd. 9363). Provisional estimates for males in 1984 will be published shortly in a Home Office Statistical Bulletin (Issue No. 8/85) on "The Prison Population in 1984".
§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the latest date available, how many prisoners who had been remanded in custody had been waiting for their trials to commence between zero to three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months, 12 to 18 months and over 18 months.
§ Mr. MellorThe latest readily available information relates to all untried prisoners and is given in the following table:
Estimated population* of untried prisoners in Prison Department establishments in England and Wales on 31 January 1985: by length of time since initial remand in custody Length of time since initial remand in custody† Estimated number‡ Up to 3 months 5,530 Over 3 up to 6 months 1,560 Over 6 up to 9 months 480 Over 9 up to 12 months 180 Over 12 up to 18 months 140 Over 18 months 5 Total 7,890 * Based on records held centrally which are approximate; detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost. † Including any time which may have been spent on bail after the remand in custody. ‡ Rounded estimates; the components do not add to the total, because they have been rounded independently.