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Mr. Greenway
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young offenders are detained in adult prisons; and in which prisons.
Mr. Mayhew
The latest readily available information is given in the following table:
| Population ' aged 21 in adult prisons†in England and Wales on 30 September 1982 | |
| Prison | Number |
| Askham Grange | 7 |
| Bedford | 49 |
| Birmingham | 122 |
| Bristol | 35 |
| Brixton | 7 |
| Canterbury | 69 |
| Cookham Wood | 11 |
| Drake Hall | 19 |
| Durham | 37 |
| Exeter‡ | 80 |
| Gloucester | 15 |
| Grendon‡ | 57 |
| Holoway | 72 |
| Leeds | 197 |
| Leicester | 35 |
| Lewes | 180 |
| Lincoln | 103 |
| Liverpool‡ | 266 |
| Manchester | 388 |
| Moor Court | 6 |
| Norwich | 6 |
| Oxford | 37 |
| Reading | 53 |
| Shrewsbury | 33 |
| Styal | 24 |
| Winchester | 5 |
| TOTAL | 1,913 |
* Includes remand prisoners.
†Excludes remand centres.
‡Adult prisons with young prisoner wings.