HC Deb 12 July 1994 vol 246 cc494-5W
Mr. Rogers

To 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 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 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.

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.