§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the total number of males under the age of 17 years remanded in custody in remand centres from Welsh courts during 1988;
(2) what was the total number of males under the age of 17 years who were made subject to an unruly certificate from Welsh courts during 1988.
§ Mr. Mellor[holding answer 1 March 1990]: Information on certificates of unruliness is not recorded centrally. The information available relates to 15 and 16-year-old boys initially received on remand into prison service establishments. A certificate is required for such boys received as untried and for some of those received as convicted unsentenced; it is not required for those committed in custody to the Crown Court for sentence under section 37 of the Magistrates Courts Act 1980. In 1988, it is estimated that about 50 boys aged under 17 were initially remanded by courts in Wales to prison service establishments.