§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by(a) sex and (b) year for the last four years, the percentage of prisoners sentenced to prison who have had no previous convictions.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information requested is not available for 1991. Information for 1987 to 1990 is given in the table. This is based on figures published annually in "Prison Statistics, England and Wales"—tables 3.11, 4.9 and 5.9 of the 1990 issue, Cm 1800.