§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of remand prisoners have received custodial sentences in each of the last five years. [143917]
§ Mr. BoatengAvailable information on the proportion of persons remanded to custody who subsequently received a custodial sentence is given in the table. This information is published in successive volumes of "Prison statistics England and Wales" (Table 2.6 of the 1999 edition, Cm 4805), copies of which are in the Library.
Final court outcome for persons remanded in custody at some stage in magistrates' court proceedings1 Finale court outcome-immediate custody2 Year Males3 Females3 1995 46 33 1996 46 32 1997 45 31 1998 45 32 1999 47 35 1Includes persons remanded in custody by magistrates during proceedings or on committal. 2Includes detention in a young offender institution and unsuspended imprisonment. 3Estimated percentages.