§ 63. Mrs. Virginia Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of female prisoners are on remand; and how this compares with the male prison population.
§ Mr. MellorOn 30 September 1986, 26 per cent. of the female prisoners in prison department establishments in England and Wales were untried or convicted unsentenced. The corresponding proportion for male prisoners was 22.5 per cent.