HC Deb 29 January 1998 vol 305 cc341-2W
Mr. Clappison

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the adult prisons used for the accommodation of 15 and 16 year olds on remand. [25512]

Ms Quin

The following establishments hold both adult prisoners and young offenders and can be used to hold 15 and 16-year-olds on remand. However, young offenders are normally accommodated separately from adults.

  • Altcourse
  • Cardiff
  • Chelmsford
  • Doncaster
  • Dorchester
  • Exeter
  • Gloucester
  • Hull
  • Low Newton
  • Norwich
  • 342
  • Parc
  • Rochester
  • Swansea

15 or 16-year-old females cannot normally be remanded to prisons. However, in the exceptional circumstance of being committed from a Magistrates' Crown to a Crown Court for sentence, a 15 or 16 year old female young offender would be remanded to a female prison. In such a case, allocation to a prison would be made on the basis of the individual's circumstances.