§ MR. WEDGWOOD (Newcastle-under-Lyme)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the persons under sixteen years of age who were committed to prison in England and Wales during the twelve months to 31st March, 1906, were committed on summary jurisdiction, at quarter sessions, and at assizes, respectively; and in each case, how many were committed in default of payment of a fine of less than ten shillings and over ten shillings
1093 (Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) 1,028 persons under sixteen years of age were committed to prisons in England and Wales during the twelve months ended 31st March, 1906, of whom 993 were committed from Courts of summary jurisdiction, twenty from quarter sessions, and fifteen from assizes. Of those committed from Courts of summary jurisdiction, 437 were in default of payment of a fine less than ten shillings, and 288 in default of payment of a fine of ten shillings and upwards. None of those committed from Courts of quarter sessions and assize were in default of payment of a fine.