asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many custodial places are available for young offenders in (a) borstals, (b) young offenders' prisons and (c) wings of ordinary prisons; and what are their locations;(2) how many young offenders were serving custodial sentences in (
a) borstals, ( b) young offenders' prisons and ( c) wings of ordinary prisons at the latest convenient date;
(3) if he will list the kinds of regime a young offender may be likely to undergo if a custodial sentence is passed on him; and what is the number of places available in each.
The regimes in young offender establishments are described in the Home Office publication "Prisons and the Prisoner" and the Home Office note of guidance to staff on the tougher regimes pilot project, copies of which are available in the House of Commons Library. Some young offenders serve their sentence in detention centres; the certified normal accommodation of the senior centres is 1,322 and of the junior centres. 657. Others serve sentences in borstal, young prisoner centres or wings of local prisons; their numbers on 31 March 1980 are shown below together with details of the relevant certified normal accommodation. The remaining 1,303 (1,172 male, 131 female) young prisoners were mainly accommodated in
| Population as at 31 March 1980 | CNA | |||||||
| Closed Borstals | ||||||||
| Bullwood Hall | … | … | … | … | … | … | 97 | 137 |
| Deerbolt | … | … | … | … | … | … | 299 | 300 |
| Dover | … | … | … | … | … | … | 193 | 246 |
| Everthorpe | … | … | … | … | … | … | 368 | 304 |
| Feltham | … | … | … | … | … | … | 261 | 270 |
| Glen Parva | … | … | … | … | … | … | 284 | 300 |
| Grendon | … | … | … | … | … | … | 3 | 25 |
| Hindley | … | … | … | … | … | … | 323 | 323 |
| Huntercombe | … | … | … | … | … | … | 168 | 170 |
| Manchester (Borstal Allocation Centre) | … | … | 241 | 148 | ||||
| Portland | … | … | … | … | … | … | 408 | 519 |
| Rochester | … | … | … | … | … | … | 321 | 376 |
| Stoke Heath | … | … | … | … | … | … | 432 | 360 |
| Styal | … | … | … | … | … | … | 22 | 32 |
| Wellingborough | … | … | … | … | … | … | 341 | 344 |
| Wormwood Scrubs (Borstal Allocation Centre) | … | 137 | 175 | |||||
| Total | … | … | … | … | … | … | 3,898 | 4,029 |
| Open Borstals | ||||||||
| East Sutton Park | … | … | … | … | … | 45 | 40 | |
| Finnamore | … | … | … | … | … | … | 47 | 79 |
| Gaynes Hall | … | … | … | … | … | … | 121 | 161 |
| Guys Marsh | … | … | … | … | … | … | 135 | 265 |
| Hatfield (Main) | … | … | … | … | … | … | 192 | 180 |
| Hatfield (Gringley) | … | … | … | … | … | 71 | 72 | |
| Hewell Grange | … | … | … | … | … | … | 121 | 136 |
| Hollesley Bay | … | … | … | … | … | … | 266 | 332 |
| Lowdham Grange | … | … | … | … | … | 175 | 304 | |
| Usk (Prescoed) | … | … | … | … | … | … | 71 | 104 |
| Wetherby | … | … | … | … | … | … | 233 | 240 |
| Total | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1,477 | 1,913 |
| Young Prisoner Centres | ||||||||
| Aylesbury | … | … | … | … | … | … | 314 | 295 |
| Castington | … | … | … | … | … | … | 54 | 60 |
| Erlestoke | … | … | … | … | … | … | 190 | 205 |
| Onley | … | … | … | … | … | … | 351 | 420 |
| Swinfen Hall | … | … | … | … | … | … | 179 | 182 |
| Total | … | … | … | … | … | … | 1,088 | 1,162 |
| Young Prisoner Wings in Local Prisons | ||||||||
| Exeter | … | … | … | … | … | … | 44 | 45 |
| Liverpool | … | … | … | … | … | … | 258 | 180 |
| Manchester | … | … | … | … | … | … | 202 | 174 |
| Total | … | … | … | … | … | … | 504 | 399 |
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young offenders were serving probation orders at the latest convenient date; and how this compares with the figures for each of the previous seven years.
other local prisons and remand centres. As there needs to be some flexibility in the allocation of accommodation as between adults and young prisoners in these establishments it is not possible to specify certified normal accommodation figures applicable.
We shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many attendance centres for young offenders are currently operating; how many places are available in each at the latest convenient date; and how many more are planned;(2) how many attendance centres for adult offenders are currently operating; how many places are available in each at the latest convenient date; and how many more are planned.
There are at present 90 junior attendance centres for juvenile offenders aged 10–16 (eight of which are also taking 17 and 18-year-old boys on an experimental basis) and two senior centres for male offenders aged 17–20. Attendance centres have no set capacity—the staffing levels, hours, and frequency of opening are adjusted to meet increases in the numbers attending. Eleven more junior and five more senior centres are currently at the planning stage and more will be opened where figures for offending show that additional provision is justified.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young offenders were subject to community service orders in 1979 and for each of the preceding five years; and what percentage was successfully completed in each case.
We shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
| PERSONS AGED 17 AND UNDER 21 GIVEN A SUSPENDED SENTENCE OR BREACHING THE CONDITIONS OF A SUSPENDED SENTENCE | ||
| England and Wales | Numbers | |
| Year | Number given a suspended sentence | Number breaching a suspended sentence* |
| 1973 | 3,307 | 845 |
| 1974 | 3,871 | 874 |
| 1975 | 4,556 | 1,060 |
| 1976 | 4,793 | 1,156 |
| 1977 | 5,080 | 1,167 |
| 1978 | 5,614 | 1,213 |
| * By being convicted of a further offence punishable by imprisonment. | ||