§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many young people are subject to detention centre orders; and what is the estimated average weekly cost of a detention centre order;
(2) how many people are subject to youth custody; and what is the average annual cost of a youth custody order.
§ Mr. MellorAccording to the records held centrally, on 30 April 1986 there were about 1,200 detention centre trainees and about 7,800 youth custody trainees in Prison Department establishments in England and Wales. Estimates of average costs are all available only for types of penal establishments, and not for types of sentence. Detailed information on average weekly costs of penal establishments was published in the "Report on the work of the Prison Department 1984/85," (Cmnd. 9699) (table 7 and appendix No. 2, table D).
§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what information he has about reconviction rates following a detention centre order;
(2) what information he has about reconviction rates following a youth custody order.
§ Mr. MellorThe regularly available information of young offenders reconvicted within two years of discharge from Prison Department establishments is published annually in "Prison Statistics, England and Wales". (Information about those discharged in 1981 is given in tables 8.4 and 8.5 of the latest issue, for 1984, Cmnd. 9622). Figures for youth custody trainees are not yet available.