§ Mr. Berminghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many young males were sentenced to a period of detention centre, senior and junior, training in the period 1 January 1984 to 30 June 1984, 1 July 1984 to 31 December 1984 and 1 January 1985 to 30 June 1985, respectively;
(2) how many males were sentenced to periods of imprisonment in (a) junior detention centres and (b) senior detention centres during 1984 and the first and second quarters of 1985.
§ Mr. MellorInformation on males initially received on sentence into junior and senior detention centres is given in the following table. The available information on males sentenced to detention centres in each calendar year is published annually in "Criminal Statistics England and Wales, Supplementary Tables"; in the issue for 1984 in volume 1, tables S1.1(C) and S1.1(D) for magistrates' courts, and in volume 2, tables S2.1(C) and S2.1(D) for the Crown court.
Initial receptions on sentence of males given detention centre orders by type of centre and date of reception
1 January 1984 to 30 June 1985
Junior detention centres Senior detention centres 1984 1st half-year 2,466 3,540 2nd half-year 1,961 3,615 1985* 1st quarter 1,025 1,985 2nd quarter 1,145 1,940 1st half-year 2,170 3,925 * Provisional figures