§ Mr. D. GRENFELLasked the Secretary of State for India the number of State prisoners in custody under Regulation III of 1818 and the Bengal Ordinance (Bengal Criminal Law Amendment Act); the total number of such prisoners receiving no allowance for their 2183W families and their dependants; and the total number receiving allowances from the State, with the equivalents in sterling of such allowances and their varying amounts?
§ Sir S. HOAREThe answer to the first part of the question is roughly 1,350. As regards the rest of the question, the position is that every person detained under these powers is provided with an allowance for his own support; his family, if dependent on him, must also receive an allowance. I am unable to furnish the details of individual allowances, and as regards family allowances my latest information is that contained in my answer to the hon. Member for Doncaster (MT. Molson) on 31st October.