HC Deb 12 April 1994 vol 241 cc7-8W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for the number, at the latest available date, of residents of each county in Wales who were held in remand centres in(a) England, (b) Wales and (c) elsewhere.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Responsibility 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 A. J. Butler to Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones, dated 12 April 1994: The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question asking how many residents of each county in Wales were held in remand centres at the latest available date in (a) England or (b) Wales and (c) elsewhere. The available provisional information is for 31 December 1993 and is given in the attached table. It relates to the population in remand centres in England and Wales who were first committed to custody by a Welsh court.

Population in remand centres in England and wales on 31 December 1993 committed by courts in wales 1
County of Welsh court first Committing Numbers held in remand centres from a welsh court
England Wales
Clwyd 25 0
Dyfed 0 9
Gwent 0 11
Gwynedd 16 0
Mid Glamorgan 1 37
South Glamorgan 0 24
West Glamorgan 0 31
Powys 2 23
Total 44 135
1 Provisional figures