§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland of those women in prison in(a) 1990, (b) 1991 and (c) 1992 respectively, how many were imprisoned for (i) violence against the person, (ii) sexual offences, (iii) burglary, (iv) robbery, (v) theft, resettling, embezzlement, fraud and forgery, (vi) drug offences and (vii) other offences.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 29 March 1993]: The information is not available in the form requested. The table sets out the number of female receptions to penal establishments using the best available approximations in The Scottish Office classification of crimes and offences to the categories listed. Information is not available for 1992.
The number of female receptions to Scottish penal establishments by type of offence, 1990–91 1990 1991 Violence against the person 52 45 Sexual offences 1 1 Burglary 11 16 Robbery 4 4 Theft, resetting, embezzlement, fraud and forgery 340 390 Drugs 16 14 Other crimes and offences 95 108 Total receptions 519 578
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland of those women in prison in(a) 1990, (b) 1991 and (c) 1992, how many were serving sentences of (i) up to 18 152W months, (ii) between 18 months and three years, (iii) between three years and five years and (iv) five years or more.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 29 March 1993]: The available information is set out in the table:
Average daily female prison population in Scottish penal establishments by length of sentence, 1990–1992 Length of sentence 1990 1991 11992 Less than 18 months 71 84 90 18 months or more but less than three years 4 4 9 Three years or more but less than five years 10 6 5 Five years or more 16 17 16 Others2 37 32 37 Total3 137 143 158 1 Provisional. 2 Includes females held on remand, recalled, etc. 3 Components may not add up to the total due to rounding.
§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many women were in prison in(a) 1990, (b) 1991 and (c) 1992; and of that total how many were (i) juveniles, (ii) young adults under 25 years and (iii) adults.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 29 March 1993]: The available information is set out in the table:
Average daily female prison population in Scottish penal establishments by type of prisoner, 1990–1992 Year Adult Young offenders1 Total2 1990 112 26 137 1991 122 22 143 31992 139 19 158 1 Young offenders are aged between 16 and 21 but a small number are held in a young offenders institution up to the age of 23. 2 Components may not add up to the total due to rounding. 3 Provisional.