§ Mr. RogersTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) convicted and (b) remand prisoners are currently in custody from Wales (i) by county, (ii) by sex and (iii) in total.
§ 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 Lewes to Mr. Allan Rogers, dated 12 July 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Questions asking how many (a) convicted and (b) remand prisoners are currently in custody from Wales (i) by county, (ii) by sex and (iii) in total.The available provisional information is for 31 May 1994 and is given in the attached table. It relates to the population in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales who were recorded centrally as being first committed to custody by a Welsh court. Those persons for whom no court first committing was recorded accounted for five per cent. of the total population in custody, excluding those held in police cells and non-criminal prisoners.
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Population in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales on 31 May 1994 committed by courts in Wales1 County of Welsh court first committing Numbers held in a Prison Service establishment in England and Wales Remand Sentenced Males Clwyd 77 228 Dyfed 70 108 Gwent 87 255 Gwynedd 41 134
County of Welsh court first committing Numbers held in a Prison Service establishment in England and Wales Remand Sentenced Mid Glamorgan 110 630 South Glamorgan 87 220 West Glamorgan 64 147 Powys 93 242 Total 629 1,964 Females Clwyd — 8 Dyfed 5 4 Gwent 3 4 Gwynedd 1 4 Mid Glamorgan 3 17 South Glamorgan 1 10 West Glamorgan 4 6 Powys 1 10 Total 18 63 1Provisional figures.