§ Dame Joan Vickersasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women have been put in gaol for child- neglect or cruelty in 1965 and 1966.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsIn 1965 there were 61 receptions into prison service establishments in England and Wales of women, and of girls between the ages of 17 and 21, convicted of child neglect or cruelty. The provisional figure for 1966 is 50.