§ Mr. Oakesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many men were committed to prison for failure to comply with matrimonial orders made 39W against them for each of the years 1965, 1966 and 1967; and what was the total cost of such imprisonment in the last of these years.
§ Mr. TaverneIn England and Wales, 3,176 in 1965 and 3,198 in 1966. The cost of maintaining this number in prison in 1966, excluding expenditure on capital works and building maintenance, was estimated at about £180,000. Figures for 1967 are not yet available.