HC Deb 04 June 1992 vol 208 cc621-2W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the number of(a) juveniles and (b) young adult offenders in Feltham young offenders institution who, at the end of the week ending 1 May 1992, had been on remand for (a) more than three months, (b) more than six months and (c) more than one year;

(2) how many (a) juveniles and (b) young adult offenders in Feltham young offenders institution on the latest date for which figures are available had been on remand for (i) between one and two weeks, (ii) between two weeks and one month, (iii) between one and three months, (iv) between three and six months, (v) between six and nine months, (vi) between nine months and one year and (vii) over one year.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

[holding answer 13 May 1992]: The information requested is not recorded centrally. The latest readily available information is for 31 March 1992 and is given in the table.

Untried and convicted unsentenced prisoners aged under 21 held in Feltham on 31 March 1992: by age group and length of time since first reception into a Prison Service establishment1
Number of prisoners2
Initial remand into Prison Service establishment
Feltham Other3
Length of time since first remand into a Prison Service establishment Aged under 17 Aged 17 and under 21 Aged under 17 Aged 17 and under 21
Up to 1 week 5 35
Over 1 up to 2 weeks 34
Over 2 weeks up to 1 month 1 57 2
Over 1 up to 3 months 1 92 3 5
Over 3 up to 6 months 4 58 4
Over 6 up to 9 months 6
Over 9 months up to 1 year 3 1
Over 1 year 3 1
All lengths 11 288 3 13
1 This includes any intervening time spent on bail, but excludes any time spent in police cells beforehand.
2 Provisional figures.
3 Those initially remanded to another establishment.

Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) juveniles and (b) young adult offenders had been held on remand in custody in England and Wales on the latest date for which figures are available for (i) over three months, (ii) over six months and (iii) over one year.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

[holding answer 13 May 1992]: The information requested is not recorded centrally. The latest readily available information is given in the table.

Untried and convicted unsentenced prisoners aged under 21 held in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales on 31 March 1992: by age group and length of time since first reception into a Prison Service establishment1
Number of prisoners2
Length of time since first remand into a Prison Service establishment Aged under 17 Aged 17 and under 21
Up to 3 months 67 1,977
Over 3 up to 6 months 18 513
Over 6 months up to 1 year 2 113
Over 1 year 31
All lengths 87 2,634
1 This includes any intervening time spent on bail, but excludes any time spent in police cells beforehand.
2 Provisional figures.

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