§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) unconvicted remand prisoners and (b) convicted but unsentenced remand prisoners had been held for (i) less than six months; (ii) between six and 12 months, (iii) between one year and three years and (iv) over three years since first reception into the Prison Service for each month since January 1995. [15984]
§ 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 18 February 1997:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking how many (a) unconvicted remand prisoners and (b) convicted but unsentenced remand prisoners had been held for (i) less than six months; (ii) between six and twelve months; (iii) between one year and three years and (iv) over three years since first reception into the Prison Service for each month since January 1995.519WThe information requested is not available on a monthly basis, nor at the level of detail requested and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average amount of time spent in prison by(a) unconvicted remand prisoners and (b) convicted but unsentenced prisoners in each month since January 1995. [15985]
§ 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 18 February 1997:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking what was the average amount of time spent in prison by (a) unconvicted remand prisoners and (b) convicted unsentenced prisoners in each month since January 1995.
The information requested is contained in the attached table.
Untried Convicted unsentenced 1995 January 58 37 February 54 34 March 53 33 April 66 37 May 55 30 June 53 34 July 54 32 August 53 32 September 53 34 October 53 34 November 51 33 December 62 37 1996 January 50 31 February 51 33 March 58 36 April 49 34 May 47 34 June 57 35 July 48 31 August 54 37 September 51 37 October 50 40 November 54 46 December 57 57 Average days in custody are subject to wide variation because of the small populations on which they are based. All values are provisional.