HC Deb 20 June 1988 vol 135 cc423-4W
Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the latest figure for the average time spent on remand for men and women.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The estimated average periods spent in custody on remand in 1987 were as follows.

Days
Men 20.1
Women 17.6

Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of(a) women and (b) men were put in prison while waiting for trial and subsequently freed over each of the past five years.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

This information is not available.