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Mr. Alex Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many 15-year-olds were being held in each young offender institution and remand centre, on the latest date for which figures are available; what percentage were held on (i) remand and (ii) under sentence; and if he will make a statement. [9124]
Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 17 December 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
| Establishment | Remand | Sentenced |
|---|---|---|
| Aylesbury | -- | 2 |
| Brinsford | 14 | 5 |
| Bullwood Hall | -- | 2 |
| Cardiff | 2 | -- |
| Deerbolt | 1 | 20 |
| Doncaster | 7 | 4 |
| Exeter | 1 | -- |
| Feltham | 16 | 42 |
| Glen Parva | 20 | 3 |
| Hindley | 1 | 6 |
| Hollesley Bay | -- | 1 |
| Hull | 4 | -- |
| Huntercombe | -- | 1 |
| Lancaster Farms | -- | 2 |
| Low Newton | 9 | 2 |
| Moorland | -- | 1 |
| New Hall | -- | 1 |
| Northallerton | 3 | -- |
| Onley | -- | 16 |
| Portland | -- | 14 |
| Stoke Heath | -- | 15 |
| Styal | -- | 2 |
| Swansea | -- | 1 |
| Thorn Cross | -- | 4 |
| Weatherby | -- | 11 |
| Warrington | -- | 17 |
| Total | 78 | 172 |
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Mr. Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which prisons and young offender institutions in England and Wales were holding girls aged (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18 years old on the latest date for which figures are available broken down by institution and age; and if he will make a statement. [9084]
Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 17 December 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Alex Carlile, dated 18 December 1996:
| Institution | Aged 16 | Aged 17 | Aged 18 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Askham Grange | -- | 2 | 5 |
| Brockhill | -- | 1 | 2 |
| Bullwood Hall | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| Drake Hall | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| East Sutton Park | -- | -- | 1 |
| Holloway | 2 | 9 | 7 |
| Low Newton | -- | 3 | 2 |
| Newhall | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| Risley | -- | 4 | 8 |
| Styal | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| Total | 13 | 44 | 71 |
Mr. Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women aged (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18 years were received into Prison Service custody in each year from 1990 and in 1996 to date; and if he will make a statement. [9085]
Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 17 December 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
| Age | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Custody type | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Untried | 2 | 124 | 133 |
| Convicted unsentenced | 4 | 58 | 73 |
| Sentenced | 52 | 83 | 124 |
(35) Provisional figures.
(36) Total receptions cannot be calculated by adding together receptions in each category because there is double counting.
Mr. Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many juvenile offenders were imprisoned in each of the last five years; and what was the average length of juvenile sentence for each year; and if he will make a statement. [9090]
Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 17 December 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
| Sentenced receptions | Prisoners aged under 18 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | |||
| Year | Number | Average sentence length (months) | Number | Average Sentence length (months) |
| 1991 | 3,621 | 6.5 | 97 | 7.5 |
| 1992 | 3,344 | 9.2 | 79 | 8.1 |
| 1993 | 3,564 | 8.6 | 102 | 6.9 |
| 1994 | 3,971 | 8.5 | 149 | 8.2 |
| 1995 | 4,505 | 9.6 | 166 | 10.0 |
Includes some 14 year olds until 1992.
Mr. Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inmates of young offender institutions have (a) committed suicide, (b) attempted suicide and (c) been victims of violence, in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [9093]
Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 17 December 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
| Self inflicted deaths | Attempted suicide | Assaults (proved at adjudication) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 4 | 111 | 642 |
| 1992 | 5 | 119 | 691 |
| 1993 | 2 | 123 | 651 |
| 1994 | 7 | 102 | 711 |
| 1995 | 5 | 87 | 801 |
| 1996 (to 13 December 1996) | 3 | 108 | 879 |
Mr. Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young men aged under 21 years have committed suicide or attempted suicide while awaiting trail on remand in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [9094]
Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 17 December 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
| Year | Number of self inflicted deaths |
|---|---|
| 1987 | 4 |
| 1988 | 9 |
| 1989 | 11 |
| 1990 | 10 |
| 1991 | 5 |
| 1992 | 6 |
| 1993 | 3 |
| 1994 | 10 |
| 1995 | 9 |
| 1996 (to 13 December 1996) | 6 |
Mr. Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young people under the age of 21 years were in prison or other custody in (a) London and (b) England and Wales on 1 November in each of the last 17 years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [9097]
Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 17 December 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Alex Carlile, dated 18 December 1996:
| On 31 October | London prisons | England and Wales | Total prison population aged under 21 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 405 | 11,140 | 11,545 |
| 1981 | 233 | 12,956 | 13,189 |
| 1982 | 225 | 12,872 | 13,097 |
| 1983 | 263 | 12,527 | 12,790 |
| 1984 | 291 | 12,054 | 12,345 |
| 1985 | 246 | 12,426 | 12,672 |
| 1986 | 351 | 12,039 | 12,390 |
| 1987 | 458 | 11,334 | 11,792 |
| 1988 | 932 | 10,091 | 11,023 |
| 1989 | 788 | 9,374 | 10,162 |
| 1990 | 903 | 8,134 | 9,037 |
| 1991 | 865 | 7,862 | 8,727 |
| 1992 | 680 | 6,782 | 7,462 |
| 1993 | 837 | 7,590 | 8,427 |
| 1994 | 887 | 7,594 | 8,481 |
| 1995 | 911 | 7,876 | 8,787 |
| 1996 | 977 | 9,384 | 10,361 |
(37) Includes some young offenders aged 21 years.
Mr. Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young people aged between 10 and 17 years were sent to adult prisons or remand centres to await trial in (a) London and (b) England and Wales during each of the past 17 years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [9098]
Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 17 December 1996]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
| Year | London prisons | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Adult prisons and remand centres | ||
| 1992 | 775 | 3,699 |
| 1993 | 740 | 4,049 |
| 1994 | 842 | 4,353 |
| 1995 | 933 | 4,413 |
| January to October 1996(38) | 836 | 4,059 |
(38) Provisional figures.
Mr. Carlile: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were reoffending rates for young people leaving custody in each of the last 17 years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [9099]
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Miss Widdecombe [holding answer 17 December 1996]: The available information relates to reconviction rates within two years for standard list offences and is given in the table.
| Males | Females | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976(39) | 67 | 49 | 67 |
| 1977(39) | 69 | 48 | 68 |
| 1978(39) | 65 | 54 | 65 |
| 1979(39) | 66 | 47 | 65 |
| 1980 | 69 | 45 | 68 |
| 1981 | 66 | 46 | 66 |
| 1982 | 68 | 47 | 67 |
| 1983 | 67 | 44 | 67 |
| 1984 | 65 | 42 | 65 |
| 1985 | 64 | 44 | 64 |
| 1986 | 63 | 46 | 62 |
| 1987(40) | 72 | 52 | 71 |
| 1988(40) | 70 | 55 | 70 |
| 1989(40) | 71 | 57 | 71 |
| 1990(40) | 72 | 59 | 72 |
| 1991(40) | 72 | 52 | 72 |
| 1992(40) | 72 | 51 | 71 |
(39) Rates for those discharged from custody only relate to those released from Detention Centres or Borstal Training.
(40) Figures for 1987 and after are not directly comparable with those for earlier years due to a change in methodology. If the old methodology had been followed it is estimated that the reconviction rates would be about 7 to 8 percentage points lower for the males and 5 to 6 percentage points for the females. This change is described in paragraphs 21 and 22 on page 6 of Prison Statistics, England and Wales, 1994 (Cm 3087).
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