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Home Office;Prison Service

Answer

Mr. George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the average proportion of the population at Her Majesty's prison Holloway which was (a) unconvicted awaiting trial and (b) convicted awaiting sentencing, in the most recent year for which figures are available. [20700] Miss Widdecombe: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given. Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. George Howarth, dated 20 March 1997: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about the proportions of untried, and convicted unsentenced prisoners at Holloway prison. No detailed daily records are kept, and it is therefore impossible to provide an accurate average figure. However, a biannual population monitoring exercise is conducted, and the average of the last three of these (30th June 1995, 31 January 1996 and 30 June 1996) are listed in the attached table. Per cent. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Untried Convicted unsentenced 30 June 1995 30.7 12.8 31 January 1996 27.9 12.3 30 June 1996 32.5 12.2 Average 30.4 12.5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

20700; 292 c841W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Prisoners Prisons Prisoners on remand Population Remand in custody HMP/YOI Holloway

Contains statistics

Yes