HC Deb 02 May 1996 vol 276 cc596-8W
Mr. George Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those courts which fall into the catchment area of HMP Eastwood Park, and those which previously were in the catchment area of Pucklechurch remand centre; if he will list for each court the number of prisoners by offence(a) remand in custody, and unconvicted, (b) remanded to custody following conviction, but unsentenced, (c) sentenced prisoners in each year since 1990 and (d) the number of cases brought before each court by offence in each year since 1990. [27235]

Miss Widdecombe

[holding answer 29 April 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange a reply to be given.

Letter from A. J. Butler to Mr. George Howarth, dated 2 May 1996: The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the Office, to reply to your recent Question about Eastwood Park and Pucklechurch prisons. The courts which commit female prisoners to Eastwood Park prison are given in the attached list and are the same as those which commit to Pucklechurch remand centre. The information requested about remand prisoners at each court is not available centrally. Information on the number of indicatable cases heard at each court is published annually in criminal statistics supplementary tables. Crown court information by centre is given in Volume 2 and magistrates' courts by individual Petty Sessional Division are in Volume 5 and Volume 4 from 1991 to 1994 (latest available). Copies of these volumes are available in the Library. The information requested for each court by offence could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Crown Court

  • Barnstaple
  • Bristol
  • Dorchester
  • Exeter
  • Gloucester
  • Plymouth
  • Salisbury
  • Swindon and Devizes
  • Taunton
  • Truro
  • Cardiff
  • Carmarthen
  • Haverfordwest
  • Merthyr Tydfil
  • Newport
  • Swansea

Magistrates' Courts

  • Bath and Wansdyke Division
  • Bristol Division
  • North Avon Division
  • Woodspring Division
  • Bodmin Division
  • Dunheved and Stratton Division
  • East Powder Division
  • South East Cornwall Division
  • East Penwirth Division
  • Falmouth and Kerrier Division
  • Isles of Scilly Division
  • Truro Division
  • Truro and South Powder Division
  • Axminster and Honiton Division
  • Cullompton Division
  • Exeter and Wonford Division
  • Exmouth Division
  • Tiverton Division
  • Barnstaple and South Molton Division
  • Bideford and Great Torrington Division
  • Plymouth Division
  • South Hams Division
  • Teignbridge Division
  • Torbay Division
  • Central Dorset Division
  • 598
  • Poole Division
  • West Dorset Division
  • Weymouth and Portland Division
  • Cirencester, Fairford and Tetbury Division
  • Forest of Dean Division
  • Gloucester Division
  • North Gloucestershire Division
  • South Gloucestershire Division
  • Bromsgrove and Redditch Division
  • Herefordshire Division
  • Severminster Division
  • South Worcestershire Division
  • Mendip Division
  • Sedgemoor Division
  • south Somerset Division
  • Taunton Deane Division
  • West Somerset Division
  • Atherstone and Coleshill Division
  • Nuneaton Division
  • Mid-Warwickshrie Division
  • Rugby Division
  • Kennet Division
  • North Wiltshire Division
  • Salisbury Division
  • Swindon Division
  • West Wiltshire Division
  • Carmarthen North Division
  • Carmarthen South Division
  • Ceredigion Ganol Division
  • Gogledd Ceridigion Division
  • Gogledd Preseli Division
  • Cleddau Division
  • De Ceredigion Division
  • South Pembrokeshire Division
  • Dinefwr Division
  • Llanelli Division
  • Bedwellty Division
  • East Gwent Division
  • Newport Division
  • Cynon Valley Division
  • Lower Rhymney Valley Division
  • Merthyr Tydfil Division
  • Miskin Division
  • Newcastle and Ogmore Division
  • Upper Rhymney Valley Division
  • Brecon Division
  • Radnorshire and North Brecknock Division
  • Ystradgynlais Division
  • Machynlleth Division
  • Newtown Division
  • Welshpool Division
  • Cardiff Division
  • Vale of Glamorgan Division
  • Port Talbot Division
  • Lliw Valley Division
  • Neath Division
  • Swansea Division