§ Mr. Fitchasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of women sent to prison for offences committed under the Street Offences Act, since its inception.
§ Miss PikeThe number of women sent to prison for offences under the Street Offences Act from 16th August, 1959, the date on which the Act came into operation, to 30th September, 1963, was 2,856, of whom 1,349 were committed in default of payment of fines.