HC Deb 10 November 1988 vol 140 cc257-9W
Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the last 50 receptions under sentence to Strangeways prison, giving in each case the length of sentence, the main offence charged, and in the case of property offences, the value of the property stolen or the damage caused.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

On 1 November, the latest date for which this information is available, details of the 50 most recent receptions of sentenced inmates into Strangeways prison were as follows:

Main Offence Charged Length of Sentence Value of Property Stolen or Damage Caused
Theft 12 months No information
Driving Whilst Disqualified 9 months
Burglary with intent (Church Hall) 6 months £3,200
Holding Warrant 3 months
Holding Warrant 12 months
Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm 12 months
Assault 12 months
Burglary with intent 12 months No information
Take a vehicle without consent 175 days £207.90
Drunk & Disorderly 30 days
Robbery 21 months No information
Road Traffic Offence 37 days
Indecent Assault 3 months
Theft 8 months No information
Breach Community 9 months
Service Order

Main Offence Charged Length of Sentence Value of Property Stolen or Damage Caused
Unlawful Sexual Intercourse 18 months
Attempt to Pervert the Course of Justice 28 days
Supply Drugs 21 months
Possess Drugs 2 months
Assault Occasional Actual Bodily Harm 12 months
Possess Drugs with intent to supply 4 years
Breach of Suspended Sentence 12 months
Theft 12 months £1,000
Road Traffic Offence 44 days
Burglary 30 months £1,350
Holding Warrant 2 years 2 months
Burglary 15 months No information
Fail to Surrender to Bail 28 days
Driving Whilst Disqualified 154 days
Burglary 7 months No information
Burglary (School) 5 months £250
Assault PC 3 months
Excess Alcohol 6 months
Damage to Property 6 months £870.00
Reckless Driving 18 months
Burglary with intent (Property) 7 months £174.16
Theft 210 days No information
Handling Stolen Goods 6 months No information
Criminal Damage 6 months No information
Assault PC 180 days
Driving Whilst Disqualified 6 months
Arson 2 years No information
Supply Drugs 12 months
Burglary 12 months No information
Theft (Property) 4 months £20
Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm 8 months
Driving Whilst Disqualified 6 months
Burglary 10 months No information
Rape 6 years
Cause Harassment 6 days

Where information about the value of property stolen or damage is not available from warrants held at Strangeways prison, further inquiries would have to be made of the courts that sentenced the inmates. Such information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.