HC Deb 25 November 1994 vol 250 cc448-9W
Ms Hodge

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what are the most up-to-date annual figures for(a) the rate of conviction and (b) the average sentences for cases heard by Barking magistrates court relating to (i) all crimes of theft, (ii) all juvenile crimes and (iii) crimes of theft committed by juveniles;

(2) what are the most up-to-date figures for (a) the rate of conviction and (b) the average sentence for cases heard by Havering magistrates court in relation to (i) all crimes of theft, (ii) all juvenile crimes and (iii) crimes of theft committed by juveniles;

(3) what are the most up-to-date annual figures for (a) the rate of conviction and (b) the average sentence for cases heard by Redbridge magistrates court relating to (i) all crimes of theft, (ii) all juvenile crimes and (iii) crimes of theft committed by juveniles.

Mr. Maclean

Information for 1993 is given in the table.

Letter from Mr. Derek Lewis to Mr. George Howarth, dated 25 November 1994: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about escapes and escape attempts from prisons for each of the last 122 months from gaols in England and Wales. This information is shown in the following table.

Escapes Attempted Escapes
November 1993 21 24
December 1993 27 36
January 1994 5 12
February 1994 10 18

Escapes Attempted Escapes
March 1994 5 8
April 1994 15 28
May 1994 10 15
June 1994 9 14
July 1994 21 6
August 1994 21 17
September 1994 24 17
October 1994 10 27
Total 178 222

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