§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children from each local unitary authority in Wales were in young offenders' institutions in each of the past 10 years. [81333]
§ Mr. George HowarthInformation on where prisoners originate from is not available. The available statistics, shown in the table, relate to persons who were first committed to custody under sentence by a court from Wales and initially received into a Young Offender Institution in England and Wales.
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Receptions1 of 15–17 year olds into Young Offenders Institutions2 in England and Wales from a Welsh court by Welsh unitary authority, 1992–98 Unitary authority and Custody type 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Blaenau Gwent Untried — — — 1 — 5 16 Convicted unsentenced — — — 1 2 2 2 Sentenced — 7 — 5 1 — 2 Bridgend Untried — — — — — 1 — Convicted unsentenced — — — — — 1 8 Sentenced 2 6 17 10 4 9 16 Caerphilly Sentenced 3 24 22 16 13 17 21 Cardiff Sentenced 4 20 32 28 52 69 81 Carmarthenshire Sentenced — 2 7 6 6 11 8 Ceredigion Sentenced — — 1 1 3 4 1 Conway Sentenced — 1 5 10 5 2 2
Receptions1 of 15–17 year olds into Young Offenders Institutions2 in England and Wales from a Welsh court by Welsh unitary authority, 1992–98 Unitary authority and Custody type 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Denbighshire Sentenced — 4 2 3 2 2 6 Flintshire Sentenced 1 7 3 4 8 8 11 Gwynedd Untried — — — 4 — — — Convicted unsentenced — — — 3 — — — Sentenced 3 5 6 10 7 1 5 Isle of Anglessey Sentenced 1 1 3 1 5 2 1 Merthyr Tydfil Untried — — — — — — 5 Convicted unsentenced — — — — — — 3 Sentenced — 9 17 21 18 20 27 Neath Port Talbot Sentenced — — 4 2 1 4 6 Newport Sentenced 7 28 33 25 25 23 38 Pembrokeshire Sentenced 1 8 3 1 5 3 1 Powys Untried — — — — — 1 — Sentenced — 5 3 3 — — 2 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff Untried — — — — — — 10 Convicted unsentenced — — — — — 1 7 Sentenced 4 15 23 28 21 21 34 Swansea Sentenced 2 23 18 20 23 16 23 Vale of Glamorgan Untried — — — — — — 4 Convicted unsentenced — — — — 1 — 5 Sentenced 2 12 12 7 8 11 22 Wrexham Sentenced — 2 5 2 5 11 9 1Total receptions cannot be calculated by adding together receptions in each category because there is double counting. 2Includes receptions into closed young offender institutions, open young offender institutions and juvenile prisons.