§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many professional staff left the 333W Home Office forensic science service, other than on retirement on age grounds in each of the years 1986, 1987 and 1988; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe number of scientific staff (including professional and technical grades) leaving the forensic science service, other than on retirement on age grounds were as follows:
1986 1987 1988 Resignations: ASO 24 12 12 SO 10 10 19 HSO 6 2 3 SSO 4 2 3 44 26 37 Transfer 5 3 1 Medical retirement 1 1 — Total 50 30 38
Remand prisoners held in specified Prison Service establishments on 30 June 1988: by ethnic origin and type of remand Percentage Establishment and type of prisoner White Minority ethnic origins Not recorded refused Total Leicester and Lincoln: Untried 88 10 2 100 Convicted unsentenced 94 5 1 100 London:l Untried 56 37 6 100 Convicted unsentenced 76 20 4 100 Durham and Low Newton: Untried 90 1 9 100 Convicted unsentenced 93 — 7 100 1 Brixton, Feltham, Holloway, Latchmere House, Pentonville, Wandsworth and Wormwood Scrubs.