§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young people were received into Prison Service establishments as(a) untried and (b) convicted unsentenced during 1994 by age and institution; and what factors led to the omission of this information from Prison Statistics England and Wales 1994. [25198]
§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility 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 Richard Tilt to Mr. George Howarth, dated 17 April 1996:
521WThe Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking how many young people were received into Prison Service establishments as (a) untried and (b) convicted unsentenced during 1994 by age and institution; and what factors led to the omission of this information from "Prison Statistics, England and Wales 1994".The available information was published in table 3.10 of the 1994 edition of "Prison statistics, England and Wales" as usual. A copy of the table is attached for information. Information by individual Prison Service establishment is not published in "Prison statistics, England and Wales".
Table 3.10: Receptions1 into Prison Service establishments: by age, sex and type of custody, 1994 England and Wales Young Offenders Number of persons Age on sentence Sex and type of custody All young offenders 15 16 17 18 19 20 In default of payment of a fine 145 — — — 31 50 64 Section 53(1) C and YP Act 1933 1 — — — — — 1 Section 53(2) C and YP Act 1933 16 4 8 4 — — — 1 Total receptions cannot be calculated by adding together receptions in each category because there is double-counting (see paragraph 10 of Introduction). However double-counting has been allowed for in the figures of receptions of prisoners under remand where the figures for "all remand" record once only a person received as an untried prisoner who is subsequently received also as a convicted unsentenced prisoner.