HC Deb 03 February 1997 vol 289 cc456-8W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Welsh young offenders have been placed in detention institutions for each of the last five years for which figures are available, by(a) age of offender and (b) category of offence; and if he will make a statement. [12836]

Miss Widdecombe

[holding answer 27 January 1997]: 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 S. G. Norris to Mr. Alex Carlile, dated 3 February 1997: The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the number of Welsh young offenders placed in detention institutions in the last five years, by (a) age of offender and (b) category of offence. The information on where prisoners originate from is not available. However, statistics relating to persons who were first committed to custody under sentence by a court in Wales, is given in the attached table.

Prison receptions under sentence into custody from courts in Wales1
Offence/Age 1992 1993 1994 1995 19962
Aged 15
Violence against the person 2 5 8 12 8
Sexual offences 1 1
Burglary 4 18 10 17 13
Robbery 2 4 2 6
Theft and handling 4 10 16 25 16
Fraud and forgery
Drugs offences
Other offences 12 6 13
Not recorded 2 1
Aged 16
Violence against the person 6 14 12 13 16
Sexual offences 1 2
Burglary 8 25 29 26 36
Robbery 1 4 5 11 9
Theft and handling 9 28 31 36 16
Fraud and forgery
Drugs offences 3 1
Other offences 5 7 17 9 14
Not recorded 3 5 1
Aged 17
Violence against the person 8 16 19 15 32
Sexual offences 1 1 1 3
Burglary 26 40 41 50 32
Robbery 6 10 10 10 9
Theft and handling 19 52 54 63 38
Fraud and forgery 1 1
Drugs offences 2 1 4
Other offences 9 20 24 31 39
Not recorded 2 1 3 5 1
Aged 18
Violence against the person 10 27 27 27 43
Sexual offences 2 4 2 3 1
Burglary 35 60 49 74 54
Robbery 2 13 9 15 15
Theft and handling 18 49 73 67 75
Fraud and forgery 1 3
Drugs offences 1 3 1 5 7
Other offences 25 45 52 61 55
Not recorded 1 1
Aged 19
Violence against the person 18 37 35 36 48
Sexual offences 4 4 1 1 6
Burglary 41 60 56 70 43
Robbery 4 15 7 13 17
Theft and handling 21 54 59 66 73
Fraud and forgery 1 2 2 1
Drugs offences 2 8 8 11 20
Other offences 25 57 79 65 69
Not recorded 1 2 1 2 1
Aged 20
Violence against the person 12 31 33 36 44
Sexual offences 1 1 1 4
Burglary 31 78 65 49 58
Robbery 11 14 6 7 11
Prison receptions under sentence into custody from courts in Wales1
Offence/Age 1992 1993 1994 1995 19962
Aged 15
Theft and handling 21 41 64 70 51
Fraud and forgery 2 4 3
Drugs offences 5 6 5 13 15
Other offences 12 41 58 57 57
Not recorded 2 1 2 1 2
1 Excludes those committed to custody for non-payment of a fine and non-criminal prisoners.
2 Provisional figures.