HC Deb 05 March 1917 vol 91 cc17-8
23. Sir ERNEST LAMB

asked the Minister of Munitions, as representing the Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic), the figures of convictions for drunkenness, relating to female offenders only, for the years 1913, 1914, 1915, and 1916?

The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir George Cave)

The numbers of convictions of women for drunkenness in England and Wales in the years specified were 35,765, 37,311, 33,211, and 21,244. The last figure is subject to correction.