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Mrs. Ann Taylor
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women in prison mother-and-baby units on the most recent convenient date had not previously served a custodial sentence; what were their ages; and for what offences they had been sentenced.
Mr. Douglas Hogg
Forty three women in mother and baby units on 13 May had not previously served a custodial sentence. Their ages are shown in table 1. They received custodial sentences for a wide range of offences and in many cases they were sentenced for more than one offence. Table 2 lists the primary offence in each case.
| Table 1 | |
| Age | Number of women |
| 16 | 1 |
| 18 | 4 |
| 19 | 3 |
| 20 | 4 |
| 21 | 1 |
| 23 | 7 |
| 24 | 2 |
| 25 | 7 |
| 26 | 4 |
| 27 | 1 |
| 29 | 1 |
| 30 | 1 |
| 31 | 2 |
| 32 | 2 |
| 33 | 1 |
| 35 | 1 |
| 36 | 1 |
| Total | 43 |
| Table 2 | |
| Offence | Number of women |
| Wounding | 1 |
| Aiding and abetting rape | 1 |
| Robbery | 3 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Shoplifting | 2 |
| Theft | 7 |
| Illegal importation of drugs | 13 |
| Conspiracy to smuggle drugs | 1 |
| Obtain by deception | 4 |
| Handling | 3 |
| Conspiracy | 2 |
| Fraud | 1 |
| Grievous bodily harm | 1 |
| Assault occasioning actual bodily harm | 1 |
| Total | 43 |