asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the 14 to 16-year-old (a) 207 boys and (b) nine girls in remand centres on 31 August had been on remand (i) one to two weeks, (ii) two weeks to one month, (iii) one month to six weeks, (iv) six weeks to two months and (v) up to three months and over three months.

The information requested is given in the following table.weeks to one month, (iii) one month to six weeks, (iv) six weeks to two months and (v) up to three months and over three months.

The information requested is given in the following table.and local prisons on 31 August were, for (i) boys and (ii) girls, were found not guilty and given a non-custodial sentence.

The information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Information on the ultimate disposal of those received on remand by age group is published annually in "Prison Statistics England and Wales"—tables 2.1 and 2.2 of the volume for 1978, Cmnd. 7626.