§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18-year-old(a) men and (b) women held in custody in prisons in England and Wales on 18 October.
§ Mr. Peter LloydResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the director general of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 2 November 1993:
Population of persons aged 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 in prison service establishments in England and Wales.The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking how many 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 year old (a) men and (b) women were in custody on 18 October 1993.The latest readily available information is for 30 June 1993 is shown in the enclosed table.