§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo 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 HoggOn 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:
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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 259W made of the courts that sentenced the inmates. Such information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.