§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the number of convicted and remand prisoners resident in Wales who were detained in prisons outside Wales in(a) 1994 and (b) 1993; if he will express (a) and (b) as a percentage of the prison population who were, prior to their incarceration, residing in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility 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 Mr. Elfyn Llwyd, dated 17 February 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking, if he will give the number of convicted and remand prisoners resident in Wales who were detained in prisons outside Wales in (a) 1994 and (b) 1993; if he will express (a) and (b) as a percentage of the prison population who were, prior to their incarceration, residing in Wales; and if he will make a statement.No information is available centrally regarding the principal address of those committed to custody. The available information on where prisoners originate from is for the court first committing to custody. The table shows the provisional number of receptions recorded centrally into Prison Service establishments in England who were first committed into custody by a Welsh Court in 1993 and 1994.
Receptions1 into a Prison Service establishment in England from a Welsh Court, 1993–1994 Type of custody Number committed to an establishment in Type of custody England As percentage of total committed by Welsh courts 1993 remand2 1,400 40 sentenced3 1,000 34 1994 remand2 1,900 49 sentenced3 1,150 33 1 Provisional figures. 2 Includes convicted unsentenced prisoners. 3 Excludes fine defaulters and person held in police cells; includes some prisoners previously held on remand.