Remand Prisoners (Hansard, 29 July 1988)

§ Mr. John Greenway
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of prisoners currently held on remand, including those prisoners held in police cells; and what proportion this represents of the total prison population.

§ Mr. Douglas Hogg
On 30 June 1988 there were about 10,800 untried and convicted unsentenced prisoners in prison department establishments in England and Wales. A further 724 prisoners, most of whom would have been on remand, were held in police cells. Including those in police cells, the remand population was about 23 per cent, of the prison population.

§ Mr. John Greenway
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total number of prisoners held on remand during the latest available year who were subsequently at trial(a) found innocent and (b) found guilty but not sentenced to a term of imprisonment; and what proportion these figures represent of the total number of prisoners held on remand that year.

§ Mr. Douglas Hogg
The latest available information is given in the following table, updating the information published in table 2.2 of "Prison Statistics, England and Wales 1986" (Cm. 210), copies of which are in the Library.

Receptions of untried prisoners and convicted unsentenced prisoners during 1986: by outcome of court proceedings

Outcome Number of persons²

Found not guilty or not proceeded against 2,800

Given a non-custodial sentence or freed on rising¹ 19,200

Received under sentence 33,100

Ultimate disposal not recorded 8,400

Total received 63,500

¹ Includes hospital orders, guardianship orders and care orders, under some of which the offender is not released into the community but is committed to a non-penal establishment. Persons freed on rising are those who were sentenced to immediate custody of such length that it had already been served on remand.

² Rounded estimates.

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§ Mr. John Greenway
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of prisoners currently held on remand who have their privileges withheld by the prison officers or authorities.

§ Mr. Douglas Hogg
The information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Receptions of untried prisoners and convicted unsentenced prisoners during 1986: by outcome of court proceedings
Outcome	Number of persons²
Found not guilty or not proceeded against	2,800
Given a non-custodial sentence or freed on rising¹	19,200
Received under sentence	33,100
Ultimate disposal not recorded	8,400
Total received	63,500
¹ Includes hospital orders, guardianship orders and care orders, under some of which the offender is not released into the community but is committed to a non-penal establishment. Persons freed on rising are those who were sentenced to immediate custody of such length that it had already been served on remand.
² Rounded estimates.