§ 54. Mr. WEDGWOODasked the Home Secretary how many prisoners have been 727 released under the Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill-Health) Act; and how many have been rearrested and sent back to gaol?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe total number of prisoners released on temporary discharge under the Act is thirty-one. Twelve of these have been rearrested, some of them more than once, and sent back to prison, and one has returned of her own accord.
§ 55. Mr. WEDGWOODasked how many detectives are being employed to watch suffragettes who are released under the Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill-Health) Act; and what is the cost to the country of this surveillance?
§ Mr. McKENNAI am not in possession of, and it would not be in the public interest to give, the information my hon. Friend desires.