§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average time spent on remand in remand centres awaiting trial.
§ Mr. MellorInformation is not available on the average time spent on remand in different types of establishment. The information available centrally relates to the average time spent on remand in custody by all untried prisoners and is published annually in "Prison Statistics, England and Wales" (table 2(g) of the latest issue for 1984, Cmnd. 9622). Provisional estimates for 1985 were given in "The prison population in 1985" (paragraph 8 of Home Office statistical bulletin 7/86).