24. Mr. DOYLEasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of persons who were committed to prison during the closing months of 1921 for non-payment of rates for the Metropolis, for the provinces, and for Scotland; how many of these were females; and how many of such prisoners paid up such arrears after being arrested?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Shortt)During the last three months of 1921, 178 persons were received into prison for non-payment of metropolitan rates, and 97 for non-payment of provincial rates; 14 of the metropolitan and six of the provincial cases were females; 58 out of all these were discharged from prison on payment of the whole or part of the arrears. I am told there wore no such cases in Scotland.