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Mr. Andrew F. Bennett
To ask the Secretary of State for the I tome Department why David Gorton, W90252-D1-28, is being denied normal rights of a remand prisoner at Strangeways prison, Manchester.
Mr. Douglas Hogg
Mr. Gorton is not being denied his rights as a remand prisoner. However, because he is in the highest security category, category A, he cannot for over security reasons be offered the full range of privileges available in Manchester prison.
| Percentage of persons aged 17 and over sentenced for selected indictable offence groups who received immediate custody by police force area, type of court and age group | ||||||||
| England and Wales 1986 | ||||||||
| Percentage of total persons sentenced | ||||||||
| Magistrates' courts | Crown court | |||||||
| Burglary | Violence against the person | Burglary | Violence against the person | |||||
| Police force area | 17–20 | 21 and over | 17–20 | 21 and over | 17–20 | 21 and over | 17–20 | 21 and over |
| Avon and Somerset | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 55 | 45 | 39 |
| Bedfordshire | 15 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 69 | 74 | 65 | 39 |
| Cambridgeshire | 19 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 75 | 81 | 56 | 45 |
| Cheshire | 26 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 80 | 77 | 63 | 46 |
| Cleveland | 24 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 65 | 54 | 59 | 53 |
| Cumbria | 22 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 72 | 79 | 54 | 50 |
| Derbyshire | 15 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 67 | 74 | 48 | 49 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 20 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 65 | 71 | 46 | 55 |
| Dorset | 18 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 71 | 69 | 39 | 33 |
| Durham | 29 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 52 | 57 | 57 | 48 |
| Essex | 12 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 85 | 78 | 69 | 63 |
| Gloucestershire | 11 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 58 | 69 | 20 | 33 |
| Greater Manchester | 23 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 65 | 63 | 61 | 52 |
| Hampshire | 19 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 52 | 56 | 43 | 50 |