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Written question asked by John Battle (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 19 October 2007. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 October 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Armley Prison: Prisoners on Remand

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in HMP Armley prison are (a) on remand for offences related to (i) fine defaulting, (ii) violence, (iii) damage to property, (iv) trafficking and (v) possession of prohibited drugs and (b) foreign nationals.
Answer

Data for the number on remand for the detailed offences is not available. The following table shows remand population at Armley by offence group.

Prisoners on remand at Armley (Leeds) prison, 30 June 2007
All on remand
Violence against the person 65
Sexual offences 23
Robbery 32
Burglary 43
Theft and handling 27
Fraud and forgery 7
Drug offences 42
Motoring offences 1
Other offences 42
Offence not recorded 7
All 287

At the end of June 2007 there were 78 foreign national prisoners at the prison (including sentenced).It is not possible to be remanded in custody for fine default so the figure for this category is zero.These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
465 c361-2W; 159848
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Foreign nationals Prisoners on remand HMP Leeds
Link
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