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Mr. Cox
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average length of time spent by young people held in custody on remand before their case was decided in the last year for which figures are available. [67224]
Mr. George Howarth
The information requested is given in the table.
| Estimated average time spent in custody for untried and convicted unsentenced young persons in prisons in England and Wales in 19981 | ||||
| Estimated average number of days in custody2 | ||||
| Untried3 | Convicted unsentenced4 | |||
| Year | Males | Females | Males | Females |
| 1998 | 36 | 24 | 37 | 25 |
| 1 Provisional figures | ||||
| 2Estimated from number of receptions and average population | ||||
| 3 Time spent in Prison Service establishments before conviction | ||||
| 4 Time spent in Prison Service establishments after conviction | ||||