§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many juveniles were remanded in custody in the last year for which figures are available;
(2) how many people under 21 years of age were remanded in custody in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information requested is given in the table:
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Persons1 aged under 21 received into prison service establishments in England and Wales as unsentenced prisoners in 1991: by age on reception and type of reception. Numbers of persons Age on reception Type of reception Under 17 17 and under 21 Total under 21 Untried 1,073 16,841 17,914 Convicted unsentenced2 124 3,839 3,963 1 Provisional figures 2 Including persons initially received as untried prisoners
§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many juveniles received a custodial sentence after being remanded in custody in the last year for which figures are available;
(2) how many young people under 21 years of age received a custodial sentence after being remanded in custody in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe readily available information relates only to those aged under 17 or 17 and under 21 years on initial remand into a prison service establishment in England and Wales. Provisional figures for 1990 were published in table 2.6 of "Prison Statistics England and Wales 1990" (Cm 1800), a copy of which is in the Library. Final data for 1990 and provisional data for 1991 are not yet available.