§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many 15-year-old(a) males and (b) females, remanded into custody pending trial or sentence in 1993 to the latest date available, received custodial sentences at the conclusion of their cases;
(2) how many 15-year-old (a) males and (b) females, remanded into custody pending trial or sentence in 1992, received custodial sentences at the conclusion of their cases.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 19 October 1993]: In 1992, of the 376 persons aged 15, all of whom were male, received into Prison Service establishments on remand, about 120 were recorded as subsequently received under sentence. I regret that information for 1993 is not yet available.