HC Deb 30 January 1958 vol 581 cc91-2W
56. Mr. Hale

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state for the 12 months to the most recent convenient date the percentage of in creased sentences, by comparison with 1938, imposed by the Higher Courts for offences in the offence groups, breaking and entering, sexual offences, and violence against the person.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The average lengths of prison sentence imposed on persons convicted by the higher courts in 1956 were greater than in 1938 by the following percentages:—

Breaking and entering offences 55 per cent.
Sexual offences 77 per cent.
Violence against the person 30 per cent.