HC Deb 12 January 1998 vol 304 cc57-9W
Mr. Allan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of those persons aged(a) 15 and (b) 16 years have been remanded (i) in adult prisons and (ii) in total, in each month in each of the last five years; and what was the average period of detention in each year. [21600]

Ms Quin

[holding answer 18 December 1997]: The information on the number of remand receptions for untried juvenile prisoners is given in the following tables, along with the estimated average periods in custody for all juvenile untried prisoners.

Table 1: Receptions of 15 and 16 year old untried prisoners into prisons in England and Wales, 1993–97
Age
15 Adult prisons1 All Receptions 16 Adult prisons1 All Receptions
1993
January — 24 3 60
February 1 35 — 76
March — 50 3 90
April — 34 3 69
May — 27 — 61
June — 40 4 68
July 1 45 1 78
August — 30 — 63
September — 32 1 83
October — 34 — 62
November — 44 1 58
December — 34 — 72
Total 2 429 16 840
1994
January — 39 — 76
February 1 44 1 80
March 3 59 1 82
April — 49 1 90
May 1 32 — 91
June 2 67 — 99
July 2 46 5 78
August 7 53 7 99
September 2 44 13 93
October 3 60 8 73
November 6 71 10 106
December 9 49 7 77
Total 36 613 53 1,044
1995
January 6 52 16 99
February 9 64 10 83
March 7 65 14 114
April 2 28 11 86
May 7 53 14 97
June 5 46 6 84
July 5 56 21 108
August 7 40 15 110
September 10 47 7 116
October 8 56 9 94
November 8 54 9 114
December 5 43 6 77
Total 80 604 136 1,182
1996
January 9 72 7 99
February 6 40 18 103
March 4 63 9 93
April 3 56 12 105
May 8 66 15 132
June 6 50 15 95
July 5 52 16 106
August 3 57 15 112
September 8 58 14 102
October 8 55 17 118
November 6 54 8 110
December 3 62 9 80
Total 69 685 155 1,255
Table 1: Receptions of 15 and 16 year old untried prisoners into prisons in England and Wales, 1993–97
Age
15 Adult prisons1 All Receptions 16 Adult prisons1 All Receptions
19972
January 6 67 11 109
February 3 42 2 72
March 2 53 8 95
April 3 51 4 109
May 1 50 — 101
June 2 65 — 97
July 4 49 2 116
August — 41 3 86
September 1 57 2 96
October 1 50 — 100
Total 23 525 32 981
1 Most are held in Remand facilities for young offenders only.
2 Provisional figures.
Table 2: Average time held in custody1 for untried prisoners aged under 17 in Prisons in England and Wales, 1993–97
Year Untried
1993 25
1994 32
1995 28
1996 32
19972 34
1 The average days in custody are estimated from the population held on 30 June each year and the total number of initial receptions in the year. The estimate is subject to some uncertainty due to the small numbers held.
2 Provisional estimate for January to October 1997. Based on the population on 31 October 1997.

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