HC Deb 16 December 1988 vol 143 cc755-6W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in Armley prison are on remand in respect of charges of violent crime, murder, burglary and theft, expressed by number and percentage of the total on remand.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

[holding answer 8 December 1988]: Details of the offences with which remand prisoners are charged are not recorded centrally until the completion of court proceedings. The readily available information is given in the table.

Untried and convicted unsentenced prisoners initially received into Leeds prison: by type of offence, 1987
Offence with which charged2 Number1 Per cent
Murder 9 0
Other violence against the person 454 14
Sexual offences 125 4
Burglary 914 28
Robbery 118 4
Theft 540 17
Handling, fraud and forgery 162 5
Drugs offences 68 2
Arson 40 1
Criminal damage 122 4
Motoring offences 101 3
Other offences 216 7
Not recorded 398 12
Total 3,267 100
1 The figures, which are provisional, are those recorded centrally and are approximate.
2 In the case of prisoners convicted, the offence is that for which convicted.