Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are currently on remand in Stockport.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
There are no prisons in Stockport and so remand populations for the three closest prisons (HMP Styal, HMP Manchester and HMP Forest Bank) have been provided.
Data obtained from the latest published quarterly prison population statistics indicates that on 30 June 2020 the total numbers of individuals remanded in custody in each of these prisons was 71, 51 and 515, respectively.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the average amount of time spent on remand in 2019.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
Centrally held court data does not include the amount of time spent remanded in custody, and therefore obtaining this information would result in a disproportionate cost to the department.
Prison receptions data has enabled an approximation of the data that has been requested. The attached table provides information on the mean and median amount of time that individuals were remanded in custody up to the point that they were sentenced.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the average amount of time spent on remand between 2014 and 2019.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
Centrally held court data does not include the amount of time spent remanded in custody, and therefore obtaining this information would result in a disproportionate cost to the department.
Prison receptions data has enabled an approximation of the data that has been requested. The attached table provides information on the mean and median amount of time that individuals were remanded in custody up to the point that they were sentenced.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners from Stockport have been released under the Early Prison Release scheme during the covid-19 outbreak; and how many prisoners released during that period are resident in Stockport.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
On 4 April, this Government announced the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme (ECTR). This scheme enables risk-assessed prisoners, who are within two months of their release date, to be temporarily released from custody, as part of the national approach to managing public services during this challenging period. No high-risk offenders, including those convicted of violent or sexual offences, anyone of national security concern or a danger to children, will be considered for release, nor any prisoners who have not served at least half their custodial term.
To date, no offenders released under this scheme have been released to addresses in Stockport.