§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people awaiting trial before magistrates and Crown courts were remanded in custody on 1 June; of that number, how many were held(a) in youth custody or juvenile remand centres, (b) in prisons, (c) in police stations, (d) in Army or other service establishments or (e) in other institutions; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe most recent readily available information for prison department establishments is given in the following table. No untried prisoners were held in a youth custody centre or in Rollestone Army camp. In addition on 30 April, about 1,080 prisoners, most of whom were on remand, were held in police cells at police stations and magistrates courts.
Population of untried prisoners in Prison Department establishments on 30 April 1988; by type of establishment and age group Type of establishment 14–20 21 and over All ages Remand centres 2,164 1,321 3,485 Prisons 526 4,851 5,377 All establishments 2,690 6,172 8,862
§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the Army or other service establishments used to hold people remanded in custody awaiting trial before either magistrates or Crown courts on 1 June.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggOnly two Army camps have been brought into use as temporary prisons and these held no untried prisoners on 1 June.
§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the establishments, other than youth custody or juvenile remand centres, prisons, police stations, or establishments of the armed forces, which were used to hold people remanded in custody awaiting trial before either magistrates or Crown courts on 1 June.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggPolice cells at certain magistrates' courts were the only other type of accommodation used for untried prisoners on 1 June.
§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the people remanded in custody awaiting trial before magistrates or Crown courts on 1 June had been held in custody for a continuous period greater than(a) 12 months and (b) six months.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe latest information for untried prisoners on the length of time since initial remand in custody, relates to 30 June 1987 and is given in the reply I gave to a question from the hon. Member for St Helens, South (Mr. Bermingham) on 27 May 1988 at columns379—80.
§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many of the people remanded in custody awaiting trial before magistrates or Crown courts on 1 June were women;
(2) if he will list the establishments in which women were held on remand, and the numbers of women held in each one, on 1 June.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe most recent readily available information for prison department establishements relates to 30 April and is given in the following table. On that date no female prisoners were held in police cells at police stations or magistrates' courts.
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Population of female untried prisoners in Prison Department establishments on 30 April 1988: by establishment. Prison Department establishment Number of untried prisoners Holloway 267 Low Newton Remand Centre 19 New Hall 29 Pucklechurch Remand Centre 27 Risley Remand Centre 75 All establishments 417