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Mr. Sheerman
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were received into Brixton prison in the last week for which figures are available; and for what offences they were remanded.
Mrs. Rumbold
The readily available information, which is given in the table, is based on the three weeks commencing 1 December 1991.
| Average number of prisoners received into Brixton prison per week on initial committal as a remand prisoner1: by offence | |
| Offence | Number2 |
| Violence against the person | 8 |
| Rape | — |
| Other sexual offences | — |
| Burglary | 4 |
| Robbery | 3 |
| Theft and handling | 6 |
| Fraud and forgery | 1 |
| Drugs offences | 2 |
| Other offences | 3 |
| Not recorded | 12 |
| All offences | 39 |
| 1 Untried or convicted unsentenced. | |
| 2 Rounded figures. | |