§ 52. Sir WALTER de FRECEasked the Home Secretary the convictions for drunkenness in England, Scotland, and Wales, respectively, for each of the last three periods of six months?
§ Mr. SHORTTI can give figures for England and Wales only. No figures are available for a later date than the end of the year 1921. For that year and the year 1920 the figures in six-monthly periods are as follows: January-June, 1920—England, 45,515; Wales, 2,694. July-December, 1920—England, 44,964; Wales, 2,590. January-June, 1921—England, 35,252; Wales, 1,898. July-December, 1921—England, 38,766; Wales, 1,873.