§ Fiona MactaggartTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will publish figures for 1998 on the average time taken from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders. [87561]
§ Mr. StrawFigures on how long it took to deal with persistent young offenders in 1998 will be published on Thursday 17 June. Copies of the press notice announcing the figures, and of the statistical press notice issued by the Lord Chancellor's Department detailing the method of calculation of the figures, will be placed in the Library.