§ Mr. Carlisleasked the Secretary of Sate for the Home Department what was the total number of people sent to prison in each of the five years prior to the passing of the Maintenance Orders Act, 1958, for non-payment of maintenance 23W orders; what was the average term of imprisonment which they served; and what was the total number of people sent to prison for non-payment of maintenance orders in each year since the passing of the Maintenance Orders Act, 1958.
§ Miss BaconThe information is given in the following table:
Year Number of receptions into prison for nonpayment of wife's maintenance Average period of imprisonment for nonpayment of wife's maintenance (days) Number of receptions into prison for nonpayment of children's maintenance (males and females 1953 … 3,392 — 832 1954 … 3,392 — 895 1955 … 3,053 49 784 1956 … 2,969 53 859 1957 … 3,131 51 905 1958 … 3,338 52 996 1959 … 1,649 47 497 1960 … 1,720 31 447 1961 … 2,086 30 505 1962 … 2,377 28 540 1963 … 2,217 30 430 Notes:
- 1. Information about the average period of imprisonment for persons received for nonpayment of children's maintenance is not available.
- 2. Information about the average period of imprisonment for persons received for nonpayment of wife's maintenance is not available for 1953 and 1954.