§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) 16-year-olds, (b) 15-year-olds and (c) 14-year-olds have been held in an adult prison on remand for any period of time during each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe readily available information is given in the table. Separate figures for adult prisons are not readily available.
Receptions of untried and convicted unsentenced juveniles into local prisons and remand centres in England and Wales: by type of initial reception and age, 1987–91 Type of reception and age Number of persons 1987 1988 1989 1990 19911 Untried 14 2 1 — 3 10 15 545 510 443 359 401 16 1,162 994 935 800 673 Convicted unsentenced 14 1 — — — 1 15 38 25 25 22 29 16 117 91 63 84 55 1 Provisional figures.