§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of(a) men and (b) women on rule 43 in prisons in England and Wales on 1 June.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe latest readily available information is given in the table.
offenders in England and Wales broken down by (a) gender, (b) race, (c) type of offence and (d) age; and what are the peak ages for known offenders for (i) males and (ii) females, respectively;
(2) what are the latest available figures and percentages for people sentenced by the courts for indictable offences broken down by (a) gender, (b) ethnic background and (c) age;
(3) what are the latest available figures and percentages for the total numbers of people receiving non-custodial sentences broken down by (a) type of sentence, (b) gender and (c) ethnic background;
(4) what are the latest available figures and percentages for the total numbers of people cautioned for summary and indictable offences broken down by (a) gender, (b) age, (c) ethnic minority origin and (d) type of offence.
§ Mr. John PattenIn England and Wales in 1989 the peak age of offending for males was 16 to 18 years and for females 15 years, respectively. The other information requested, excluding data on race and ethnic background which is not collected centrally, is published in the Command Paper "Criminal statistics England and Wales 1989", tables 5.2, 5.12, 7.4 and 7.6 to 7.13, a copy of which is in the Library. Data for 1990 are not yet available.
§ Ms. RichardsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the latest available figures and percentages for the total numbers of people receiving custodial sentences broken down by(a) type of sentence, (b) gender and (c) ethnic background.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe information requested is not recorded centrally. The readily available information is given in the table.
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Receptions into Prison Service establishments in England and Wales under immediate custodial sentence: by sex, type of sentence and ethnic origin, 1989 Number of persons Ethnic origin Type of sentence White West Indian Guyanese African Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Arab Mixed origin Other, not recorded (including refusals) All persons All males 49,403 4,330 1,162 945 972 56,812 Imprisonment 34,385 3,248 784 593 601 39,611 Detention in a young offender institution 14,875 1,056 370 345 367 17,013 Section 53 C & YP Act 1933 122 22 8 6 4 162 Custody for life 21 4 — 1 — 26 All females 2,077 374 21 63 115 2,650 Imprisonment 1,652 334 19 53 102 2,160 Detention in a young offender institution 421 37 2 10 13 483 Section 53 C & YP Act 1933 4 3 — — — 7 Custody for life — — — — — —
§ Ms. RichardsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide statistics on the total number of prisoners between the years 1978 to 1990 broken down by(a) gender, (b) ethnic background and (c) type of offence; and of these how many had (i) no previous convictions, (ii) one conviction and (iii) two or more convictions.
§ Mrs. RumboldAn extensive analysis of the ethnic origins of prisoners was published in "The ethnic origins of prisoners: the prison population on 30 June 1985 and persons received July 1984-March 1985". This included analyses by previous convictions and type of offence, table
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Sentenced population1 in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales on 30 June: by ethnic origin and previous convictions, 1985 and 1990 Number of persons Ethnic origin Number of previous convictions White West Indian Guyanese African Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Arab Mixed origin Other, not recorded (including refusals) All persons MALES All males 1985 30,322 2,657 821 763 1,084 35,647 19902 27,829 3,505 980 614 598 33,526 Not recorded 1985 4,607 603 225 145 222 5,802 19902 8,885 1,402 408 230 354 11,279 All previous convictions 1985 25,715 2,054 596 618 862 29,845 19902 18,944 2,103 572 384 244 22,247 No previous convictions 1985 1,050 146 192 72 63 1,523 19902 1,625 445 209 63 67 2,409 One previous conviction 1985 1,387 167 96 52 46 1,748 19902 1,081 126 77 26 18 1,328 Two previous convictions 1985 1,630 168 81 42 53 1,974 19902 1,071 125 64 35 13 1,308 Three and over 1985 21,648 1,573 227 452 700 24,600 19902 15,167 1,407 222 260 146 17,202 FEMALES All females 1985 915 132 18 26 43 1,134 19902 812 294 24 33 65 1,228 13. A copy of the statistical bulletin 17/86 is available in the Library. Information on the sentenced population on 30 June analysed by previous convictions, sex and type of offence has been published annually from 1982 onwards in "Prison statistics England and Wales"—tables 3.5, 4.2 and 5.2 of the latest volume, for 1989, Cm. 122—and by ethnic origin and type of offence since 1985—table 1.12—copies of which are in the Library. Information for 1985 and 1990 on previous convictions and ethnic origin is given in the table.
Further information could be provided only at disproportionate cost and the information by ethnic origin is not available for years before 1985.
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Number of previous convictions White West Indian Guyanese African Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Arab Mixed origin Other, not recorded (including refusals) All persons Not recorded 1985 336 55 9 8 17 425 19902 336 142 16 13 39 546 All previous convictions 1985 579 77 9 18 26 709 19902 476 152 8 20 26 682 No previous convictions 1985 66 23 5 3 12 109 19902 105 90 6 4 18 223 One previous conviction 1985 68 5 2 — 2 77 19902 54 19 — 3 2 78 Two previous convictions 1985 67 7 — 2 2 78 19902 44 10 — 4 — 58 Three and over 1985 378 42 2 13 10 445 19902 273 33 2 9 6 323 1 Excluding those committed in default of payment of a fine. 2 Provisional figures.