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British Broadcasting Corporation

Volume 973: debated on Thursday 15 November 1979

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50.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department

UNSENTENCED PRISONERS AGED 14 TO 16 IN REMAND CENTRES IN ENGLAND AND WALES ON 31 AUGUST 1979 BY LENGTH OF TIME SINCE FIRST REMAND
Length of time since first remand*MalesNumber of persons Females
Up to and including one week283
Over one week up to and including two weeks432
Over two weeks up to and including one month503
Over one month up to and including six weeks291
Over six weeks up to and including two months26
Over two months up to and including three months18
Over three months13
Total2079
* Including any time which may have been spent on bail.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the 14 to 16-year-old (a) 31 boys and (b) two girls on remand in local prisons on 31 August 1979 had been on remand (i) one to two weeks, (ii) two

UNSENTENCED PRISONERS AGED 14 TO 16 IN LOCAL PRISONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES ON 31 AUGUST 1979 BY LENGTH OF TIME SINCE FIRST REMAND
Length of time since first remand*MalesNumber of persons Females
Up to and including one week2
Over one week up to and including two weeks21
Over two weeks up to and including one month91
Over one month up to and including six weeks10
Over six weeks up to and including two months2
Over two months up to and including three months4
Over three months2
Total312
* Including any time which may have been spent on bail.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the 14 to 16-year-old (a) boys and (b) girls on remand in remand centres

when he intends next to meet the acting Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Soon, no doubt: I see both the chairman and the acting Director-General frequently.