§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what percentage of(a) remand and (b) sentenced male prisoners were aged (i) 16 and under, (ii) 17 to 21 inclusive, (iii) 22 to 24 inclusive, and (iv) over 24 years at the latest available date;
(2) what percentage of (a) remand and (b) sentenced female prisoners were aged (i) 16 and under, (ii) 17 to 21 inclusive, (iii) 22 to 24 inclusive and (iv) over 24 years at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answers 26 May 1994]: Responsibility for these matters 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 D. Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 14 June 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Questions asking what percentage of (a) remand and (b) sentenced male and female prisoners were aged (i) 16 and under, (ii) 17 to 21 inclusive, (iii) 22 to 24 inclusive and (iv) over 24 years at the latest available date.The latest available provisional information is for the prison population in Prison Service establishments on 31 March 1994 and is given in the attached tables.506W
Percentage of population in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales by type of custody and sex on 31 March 19941 Type of custody Age Percentage of remand population Percentage of sentenced population Males 16 and under 2 1 17–21 29 18 22–24 17 15 Over 24 52 66
Type of custody Age Percentage of remand population Percentage of sentenced population Females 16 and under 0 1 17–21 19 13 22–24 16 15 Over 24 65 71 1 Provisional figures. Sentenced includes fine defaulters but not non-criminal prisoners.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the prison population broken down by security category, at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 26 May 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 D. Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 14 June 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking what was the prison population broken down by security category, at the latest available date.The latest information is for 3 May 1994 and is given in the attached table.
Estimated adult male sentenced population in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales
by security category on 3 May 19941
Number Category "A" 600 Category "B" 5,500 Category "C" 15,400 Category "D" 5,600 1 Excludes sentenced adult males awaiting categorisation, young offenders and sentenced female prisoners who are categorised as suitable for open or closed conditions only and remand prisoners who are not assigned a security category until they are sentenced.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in England and Wales were serving sentences for violent offences at the latest available date, given(a) as an absolute number and (b) as a percentage of the prison population, and broken down by gender.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 26 May 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 D. Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 14 June 1994:
507WThe Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking how many prisoners in England and Wales were serving sentences for violent offences at the latest available date, given (a) as an absolute number and (b) as a percentage of the prison population, and broken down by gender.The latest available provisional information is for 31 March 1994. On that date some 16,200 persons in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales for whom an offence was recorded were serving sentences for violence against the person, robbery or for a sexual offence. They accounted for 46 per cent. of the sentenced prison population for whom an offence was recorded. The corresponding proportion for males was 46 per cent. and for females 27 per cent.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of the prison population was(a) remand and (b) sentenced prisoners in each of the last 36 months and at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 26 May 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 D. Lewis to Ms Joan Ruddock, dated 14 June 1994:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking what percentage of the prison population were (a) remanded and (b) sentenced prisoners in each of the last 36 months and at the latest available date.The available information for the percentage of remand and sentenced prisoners in custody is calculated for the last day of each month. It is given in the table for the period March 1991 to March 1994.
Percentage of prison population by type of custody England and Wales, March 1991 to March 19941 2 Percentage on remand Percentage sentenced 1991 March 21 78 April 22 77 May 22 77 June 22 77 July 22 77 August 22 77 September 23 76 October 23 76 November 22 77 December 22 77 1992 January 23 76 February 23 76 March 22 77 April 22 77 May 22 77 June 22 77 July 21 78 August 22 77 September 22 77 October 22 77 November 22 77 December 21 78 1993 January 23 76 February 23 76 March 23 76 April 23 76 May 24 75 June 24 75 July 24 75 August 25 74 September 25 74 November 25 73 December 24 75
Average time served in custody in Prison Service establishments under sentence1 by prisoners discharged from determinate sentences on completion of sentence or on licence, 1980–19912
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Months Average time served in custody under sentence1 Young Offenders Males Females Adult Males Adult Females 1980 — — 8.3 — 1981 — — — — 1982 — — — —
Percentage on remand Percentage sentenced 1994 January 26 73 February 25 73 March 24 74 1 Prisoners held in police cells are included in both the total prison population and included with the remand and sentenced populations. 2 Non-criminal prisoners are included in the total prison population but are excluded from both the remand and sentenced.