§ MR. GINNELL (Westmeath, N.)To ask the Secretary for Scotland if he will state the average aggregate number of prisoners detained in all Scottish prisons during each of the last three years.
(Answered by Mr. Sinclair.) The information required by the hon. Member is as follows:—
| Return of Commitments to Prisons in Scotland, 1903–4–5. | |||||||||||||||
| Year ended. | Ordinary prisoners and forfeited and revoked licence-holders. | Convicts. New sentences of penal servitude and sentences to death. | Lunatics for detention in criminal lunatic department. | Inebriates. | Total of all classes. | ||||||||||
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | |
| 1903 | 41,638 | 18,370 | 60,008 | 67 | 1 | 68 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 41,721 | 18,376 | 60,097 |
| 1904 | 39,289 | 17,173 | 56,462 | 71 | 4 | 75 | 9 | — | 9 | — | 10 | 10 | 39,369 | 17,187 | 56,556 |
| 1905 | 40,355 | 16,902 | 57,257 | 84 | 3 | 87 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 40,447 | 16,918 | 57,365 |
| Total for three years | 121,537 | 52,481 | 174,018 | ||||||||||||
| Average | 40,512 | 17,494 | 58,006 |
| Average daily number of Prisoners in Custody in Scotland, 1903–4–5. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Year. | Estimated population of Scotland. | Classification of total. | Total of all classes. | ||||||||||||||||
| Civil. | Criminal lunatics. | Inebriates. | Convicts under sentences of penal servitude. | Ordinary prisoners. | |||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | |||||
| 1903 | 4,579,223 | — | — | — | 46 | 8 | 54 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 266 | 8 | 274 | 1,983 | 621 | 2,604 | 2,299 | 647 | 2,946 |
| 1904 | 4,627,656 | — | — | — | 45 | 6 | 51 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 266 | 5 | 271 | 1,971 | 574 | 2,545 | 2,286 | 597 | 2,883 |
| 1905 | 4,676,603 | — | — | — | 44 | 4 | 48 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 275 | 8 | 283 | 2,000 | 529 | 2,529 | 2,320 | 554 | 2,874 |
| 6,905 | 1,798 | 8,703 | |||||||||||||||||
| Average for three years | 2,302 | 599 | 2,901 |