§ Mr. HAYESasked the Home Secretary the number of prisoners serving 1554W sentences in His Majesty's prisons who have, during the five years ending 31st December, 1924, served terms in Borstal institutions?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe number of persons who within the last five years served terms in Borstal institutions and are now serving sentences in prisons could only be ascertained by inquiry at each prison. The Prison Commissioners in their annual reports give statistics of reconvictions, not necessarily followed by imprisonment, of ex-inmates of Borstal institutions. At page 35 of their Report for 1922–23 (Cmd. 2000) figures are given concerning subsequent convictions of inmates discharged in 1912, and of inmates discharged in 1921. The figures in other annual reports do not cover long periods.