§ Mr. BurnettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) boys and (b) girls aged under 18 years have been received into prisons and young offenders institutions in England and Wales following sentence or remand into custody in each of the last six years for which figures are available by (i) age of offender and (ii) category of offence; and if he will make a statement. [6329]
§ Ms Joyce QuinThe information requested is given in the attached tables.
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Table 1: Receptions of remand prisoners aged 15–17 years into prisons in England and Wales, 1991–96 Aged 14 Aged 15 Aged l6 Aged 17 Year and type of custody Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females 1991 Untried 12 — 390 1 694 2 3,995 129 Convicted unsentenced 4 — 72 2 194 — 1,580 74 1992 Untried 4 — 354 — 665 1 3,328 125 Convicted unsentenced 1 — 123 — 280 — 1,560 60 1993 Untried — — 428 1 839 1 3,402 125 Convicted unsentenced — — 226 — 456 — 2,043 63 1994 Untried — — 613 — 1,042 2 3,419 126 Convicted unsentenced — — 331 — 626 1 2,182 65 1995 Untried — — 602 2 1,180 2 3,420 154 Convicted unsentenced — — 347 — 714 3 2,320 93 19961 Untried — — 685 — 1,253 2 3,727 154 Convicted unsemenced — — 401 — 827 3 2,567 93 1 Provisional figures.
Table 2: Receptions of sentenced prisoners aged 15–17 into prisons in England and Wales, 1991–96 Offence 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Violence against the person 306 13 390 18 425 34 424 54 546 48 665 68 Sexual offences 45 1 33 — 47 — 33 — 46 3 62 — Burglary 1,084 14 1,048 8 1,070 4 1,211 15 1,258 21 1,284 15 Robbery 268 18 296 15 330 22 378 28 521 28 704 40 Theft and handling 872 19 726 15 1,004 20 1,192 31 1,268 39 1,219 43 Fraud and forgery 2 — 5 3 4 3 10 — 8 — 14 2 Drugs offences 18 3 35 4 32 2 26 3 43 4 63 4 Other offences 538 8 543 6 555 15 625 13 721 20 789 31 Offence not recorded 480 20 251 11 97 2 72 5 94 3 271 11 Total 3,613 96 3,327 80 3,564 102 3,971 149 4,505 166 5,071 214
§ Mr. BurnettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which prisons and young offender institutions in England and Wales were holding girls aged(a) 15, (b) 16 and (c) 17 years on the latest date for which figures are available broken down by institution and age of prisoner; and if he will make a statement. [6331]
§ Ms QuinThe information requested is given in the attached table for 31 May 1997.
Girls aged 15–17 held in prisons and young offender institutions Institution Aged 15 Aged 16 Aged 17 Askham Grange 1 — — Brockhill — — 6 Bullwood Hall 3 5 10 Drake Hall — 1 4 Eastwood Park — 1 4 Highpoint 1 — 3 Holloway 1 2 11 Low Newton — — 3 New Hall 1 2 4 Risley — 1 4 Styal — 1 3 Total 7 13 52