HC Deb 26 February 1937 vol 320 c2348W
Mr. Rhys Davies

asked the Home Secretary whether he will give particulars for 1936 of the names and ages of the persons executed in England and Wales for the crime of murder; the dates on which, and the prisons at which, each execution took place; the number of convicted murderers who were reprieved; the number of those reprieved who had been recommended to mercy by the trial jury; and the number of those reprieved who were not so recommended to mercy?

Mr. Lloyd

The particulars of those executed in 1936 are as follow:

Lieut.-Colonel Colville

Two hundred and fifty-nine women were employed in the basic grade of the Departmental Clerical Class of the Customs and Excise Department on the 1st April, 1936, and their age grouping on that date was as follows:—

Under 21 years of age … 96
21 to 25 years … 15
26 to 30 years … 37
31 to 35 years … 29
36 to 40 years … 36
41 to 45 years … 19
46 to 50 years … 11
Over 50 years of age … 16
Total … 259