§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was (a) the average number of days spent on remand for both scheduled and non-scheduled offences together in 1985, (b) the total number of persons remanded in custody before trial for both scheduled and non-scheduled offences together in 1985, and (c) the number of bail applications refused for (i) scheduled, (ii) non-scheduled and (iii) both offences together in 1985.
§ Mr. Scott[pursuant to his reply, 14 April 1986, c. 243]: For persons tried in 1985, and who were in custody at the time of their trial, the average length of time spent on custodial remand was 178 days.
In the same year 1,738 prisoners were remanded in custody prior to trial and 764 bail applications were refused. It is not possible, without incurring disproportionate cost, to say whether the bail applications were in respect of persons charged with scheduled or nonscheduled offences.