§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a table giving the numbers of(a) category A prisoners, (b) category B 499W prisoners, (c) category C prisoners, (d) category D prisoners, (e) sentenced adult males awaiting categorisation, (f) young offenders categorised as suitable for open conditions, (g) young offenders categorised as suitable for closed conditions, (h) women prisoners categorised as suitable for open conditions, (i) women prisoners categorised as suitable for closed conditions and (j) remand prisoners in England and Wales at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 20 July 1994]: 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 Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 21 July 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the numbers of prisoners by category.On 18 July, 690 category A prisoners were held in Prison Service establishments.Provisional information for 30 June indicates that the number of category B, category C, and category D prisoners were respectively 6,050, 15,880 and 6,150.On 31 May, 12,530 remand prisoners were held, including 96 in police cells.No information is available centrally on the number of sentenced males awaiting categorisation or the number of young offenders or women categorised as suitable for either open or closed conditions.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the(a) number and (b) percentage of prisoners received into prison in England and Wales in 1993 who were remand prisoners.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 20 July. 1994]: 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 Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 21 July 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number and percentage of prisoners received into prisons in England and Wales in 1993 who were remand prisoners.The statistics of receptions of different categories of prisoner involves the repeat counting of a single prisoner received successively as untried, convicted unsentenced and sentenced.In 1993, approximately 53,000 untried persons and 30,200 convicted unsentenced persons, some previously received as untried, were received into Prison Service establishments in England and Wales.There were about 74,700 receptions of sentenced prisoners, some previously received as untried or convicted unsentenced or both, and approximately 4,600 non-criminal receptions.The total of the untried and convicted unsentenced receptions represents 51 per cent. of all receptions.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give a breakdown of all prisoners in England and Wales by offence group, at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 20 July 1994]: 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.
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The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking for a breakdown of the prison population by offence group at the latest available date.The attached table gives the available provisional information for sentenced prisoners held in Prison Service establishments on 31 May.
Population in Prison Service establishments under sentence at 31 May 1994 by offence group—England and Wales Offence group Number of persons Offences with immediate custodial sentence Violence against the person 7,720 Sexual offences 3,260 Burglary 5,010 Robbery 5,010 Theft and handling 3,190 Fraud and Forgery 880 Drugs offences 3,370 Other offences 3,750 Offences not recorded 2,850 All offences 35,050 In default of a fine 440 All sentenced prisoners 35,490
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) male and (b) female prisoners were received into prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 20 July 1994]: 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 Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 21 July 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number of male and female prisoners received into prisons in England and Wales in each of the last ten years.Information on the number of receptions into Prison Service establishments in England and Wales for the years 1983 to 1992 is published annually in "Prison Statistics England and Wales" (table 1.14 of the 1992 edition, Cm. 2581). A copy of this publication is available in the Library of the House.The attached table shows provisional information for 1993.
Receptions into Prison Service establishments in England and Wales in 19931 Male Female Untried 51,120 2,670 Convicted, Unsentenced2 28,730 1,520 Sentenced2 3 71,010 3,730 Non-criminal 4,370 250 1Provisional figures. 2Includes some prisoners previously received as untried or convicted unsentenced. 3Includes fine defaulters.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many remand prisoners were received into prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 20 July 1994]: 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.
501WLetter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 21 July 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking how many remand prisoners were received into prisons in England and Wales in each of the last ten years.Information on the number of receptions into Prison Service establishments for the years 1983 to 1992 is published annually in "Prison Statistics England and Wales" (table 1.14 of the 1992 edition, Cm 2581), a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.Provisional information for 1993 shows that 53,800 prisoners were received into Prison Service establishments as untried and 30,200 as convicted unsentenced during 1993. The convicted unsentenced figure will include some prisoners previously received as untried.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the remand population in England and Wales on the last day of each of the last 36 months; and what percentage of the prison population remands formed on each occasion.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 20 July 1994]: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 Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 21 July 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking what was the remand population in England and Wales on the last day of each of the last 36 months; and what was the percentage of the prison population remands formed on each occasion.This information is given in the following table.
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Population of remand prisoners, in England and Wales, May 1991 to May 19941 Date Remand population Percentage of total population in custody 1994 May 12,530 26 April 12,158 25 March 11,885 24 February 12,109 25 January 12,109 26 1993 December 10,763 24 November 11,895 25 October 11,829 25 September 11,445 25 August 11,407 25 July 10,572 24 June 10,632 24 May 10,181 24 April 9,997 23 March 9,996 23 February 9,933 23 January 9,433 23 1992 December 8,490 21 November 9,459 22 October 9,605 22 September 10,020 22 August 10,128 22 July 9,942 21 June 10,404 22 May 10,294 22 April 10,646 22 March 10,678 22 February 10,747 23 January 10,661 23
Date Remand population Percentage of total population in custody 1991 December 9,881 22 November 10,654 22 October 10,797 23 September 10,754 23 August 10,357 22 July 10,039 22 June 9,877 22 May 10,015 22 1Includes prisoners held in police cells.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give a breakdown by(a) age,(b)offence group, (c) gender and (d) ethnic group of all receptions into prisons in England and Wales in 1993.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 20 July 1994]: 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 Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 21 July 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking for a breakdown by (a) ages, (b) offence group, (c) gender and (d) ethnic group of all receptions into prisons in England and Wales in 1993.A breakdown by age and sex of receptions of untried and sentenced prisoners in 1993 is given in Table 5 of Home Office Statistical Bulletin 16/94 'The Prison Population in 1993 and Long Term Projections to 2001', a copy of which is in the library of the House.The readily available breakdown of receptions by ethnic group was given in the table for 1993 attached to my reply to your recent Question about a breakdown by ethnic origin for each of the last ten years.The breakdown by type of offence for sentenced receptions in 1993 is given in the attached table.
Receptions into prison service establishments 1993: by type of offence Type of Offence Number All Offences 52,100 Violence Against the Person 7,540 Sexual Offences 1,900 Burglary 9,550 Robbery 3,160 Theft & Handling 9,100 Frauds & Forgery 1,790 Drug Offences 3,180 Other Offences 12,230 Offences Not Recorded 3,640 Note:
Excludes any prisoners held solely in police cells.
Excludes fine defaulters.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of(a) male and (b) female foreign nationals in prison had been convicted of drug offences at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 20 July 1994]: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.
503WLetter from Derek Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 21 July 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the number and percentage of male and female foreign nationals in prison who had been convicted of drug offences at the latest available date.On 31 May 1994 in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales 634 sentenced male non-British citizens, excluding fine defaulters, were recorded centrally as being under sentence for drugs offences, or thirty per cent. of sentenced male non-British citizens.The equivalent figures for females are 143 and 67 per cent.